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Charlie M

By: Brian Freemantle
Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
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Charlie Muffin, an endearing spy, irritates his new boss and co-workers because of his appearance and age, but that doesn't stop them from taking the credit for his accomplishments. But Charlie perseveres and proves to be right over and over again in this story of the capture of a KGB general who is running a spy network in England.

Hayward Morse ably creates voices for each of the many characters, using a variety of convincing accents, though once in a while he doesn't shift to the correct voice. He is especially effective in his timing and makes the humor of certain situations evident. Through all the plot twists, there is never any hint of the surprising outcome.

©1979 Innslodge Publications Ltd (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Detective Espionage International Mystery & Crime Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Exciting Witty Funny Suspense

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Clever story and interesting characters. But the narrator was trying too hard and the accents were over played and ridiculous for all the characters

Good story let down by narration

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Loved it!!! Was a joy to listen too. A magnificently wonderful twist for an ending.

superlative

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The introduction to secret agent Charlie Muffin in which he exacts a terrible revenge further to his spymasters betrayal. A plausible plot and engaging protagonist make this an enjoyable listen

Cold War skullduggery

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Generally enjoyable with undertones of Len Deighton. The dialogue is a bit wooden though and the accents the narrator does are a bit flat. Listened via the Plus Catalogue so as a library book it's fine but I wouldn't pay for it.

Enjoyable enough for a Plus Catalogue library book

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It was worth waiting for the end which was unexpected. A little dry building up to the end.

A splended twist at the end.

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Wasn’t expecting this to be much good for a free book but actually very entertaining. I’ll be definitely listening to the next one. Narrator very good too.

Surprisingly good!

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The narrators effort to imitate the various British and foreign accents didn’t do anything to improve this listen but exactly the opposite. Poor drawn out story. I was determined to get to the end of the book but it was quite a challenge. Shan’t bother with any more. But at least it was free.

Awful accents poor story.

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nothing special. the reader does the accents like caricatures. The usual public school idiots not seeing the quality of good solid working class types etc etc etc. It works. it's OK but it isn't great by any means. Worth a listen.

Quite short but it's OK.

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Just discovered Brian Freemantle and Charlie. The plots are really well thought out, making for a very enjoyable read.

Fun read

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at 5hrs a shortish story but as such it distilled down like a fine cognac.

very slick, well narrated story

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