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Adam Brookes

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Adam Brookes was born in Canada, but grew up in the UK, in a village in Oxfordshire. In the 1980s, he studied Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and went on to become a journalist, working briefly in magazines before landing a post as a 'copytaster' at the BBC, a job mehr anzeigen now extinct. Adam became a radio producer at the BBC World Service, and then a foreign correspondent, based first in Indonesia, then China and the United States. Along the way he has reported from some thirty countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea and Mongolia, for BBC television and radio. 'Night Heron' is his first novel, and draws on his life in journalism, his years in China, and his efforts to understand something of what goes on in the world of intelligence. Night Heron is published in May 2014 and made Hatchette Hot Summer Titles List. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Excellent thriller with a completely unexpected twist at the end.
Goes to show that for high-profit everyone is disposable and government is just a tool or stepping stone to reach ones goals. Pretty, pretty scary picture of behind-the-curtains events and how easily do people get discarded because of "inconveniences".

Highly recommended for all thriller enthusiasts.
 
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Zare | 38 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 23, 2024 |
Espionage in modern China (and UK and USA). More John Le Carre than Ian Fleming.
A plot complex enough that I often felt I was looking at it through a mist.
The phrase "industrial espionage complex" has now entered my vocabulary.
 
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jjbinkc | 38 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 27, 2023 |
It was very slow for most of the book, and only really picked up the pace near the end. There wasn't anything very exciting that happened, the plot just trudged along without any real twists.
 
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zacchaeus | 38 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 26, 2020 |
Suspenseful, well-written, and full of the kinds of details about modern espionage that could only be dreamt up by somebody with inside knowledge of what's possible in China today.
 
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