Stamboul Train by Graham Greene
Fiction: Mystery. Unabridged Audio from BBC WW. Published in 1932. Recorded in 2008.
Narrated by Michael Maloney. 7 hours and 20 minutes. Purchased from Audible.com.
This was my first Graham Greene novel. I picked a light one to start and found it to be a very engaging story. The narrator did an excellent job.
I ran across mention of a movie version from 1934 but beyond an IMDB entry I can’t find much else about it.
Greene classified this 1932 novel as one of his “entertainments” to distinguish it from his more serious works. Set on the Orient Express, traveling from Ostend to Constantinople, the story features a varied cast, including a wealthy Jewish merchant, a chorus girl, a burglar turned murderer, an exiled nationalist/revolutionary, and assorted other passengers. Michael Maloney manages the multinational voices, effectively conveying the wide range of emotions in this tale on intrigue and subterfuge. The reading keeps the listener focused on what will happen next. An excellent performance.
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I’m familiar with The Third Man, Our Man in Havana and the Quiet American but not this one. Always on the lookout for good mysteries!