The Man Who Heard Too Much [Mass Market Paperback]

Bill Granger (Author)

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An American translator carrying a tape of classified information is pursued by both KGB and CIA agents and protected by the spy Devereaux. "Jarred only by an occasional turgid phrase, this espionage thriller is the November Man's most memorable appearance to date," commented PW.
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (November 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446360864
• ISBN-13: 978-0446360869
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,632,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Could'nt have a more apt title, April 30, 2006

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This review is from: The Man Who Heard Too Much (Mass Market Paperback)

In this 10th installation of The November Man series, Bill Granger has come up with one of his best yarns. At a US/Soviet summit in Switzerland, a tape recording of the secret conversations winds up in the hands of an American freelance translator. After the tape is "accidentally" left in his luggage by a hotel clerk, the translator listens to the tape during a long train ride and learns of its secrets. As all sides converge on the man and his lover, the chase for control of the tape intensifies.
Enter Deveroux/November. He is sent by R Section to find the tape and encounters nemesis Henry McGee, who has managed to escape from Federal Prison in a very well written passage. As in all November Man novels, the line between good and is blurred to an ambiguous grey. There are really no good guys in Granger's world of intrigue, only differing agendas. In the all-out hunt for the tape unholy alliances emerge out of necessity as Deveroux must sort of cooperate with McGee. In the end all that matters to the powers that be is the covering of their own asses. This novel covers so much in its 264 pages that it's hard to explain it all. To sum it up I have to say it was one of the most interesting looks into the mind of the iconoclast that is agent Deveroux a.k.a The November Man.