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Greyhound

By: C.S. Forester
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Film tie-in originally published as The Good Shepherd.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks.

It's 1942. America have just joined the war.

Greyhound, an international convoy of 37 allied ships, is in operation. As Captain Ernest Krause leads his first command of a US destroyer, the convoy ploughs through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas.

All the while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats.

Grappling with his newfound superiority and haunting self-doubt in 48 hours of desperate peril, Captain Krause's hopeless mission is doomed to fail.

But armed with extraordinary courage and grit, hope may just be on the horizon....

©1955 C.S. Forester (P)2020 Penguin Audio 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins War & Military Submarine Scary U-Boat Military War

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Critic reviews

"I recommend Forester to every literate I know." (Ernest Hemingway)

"Action, tension, tingling suspense.... The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II." (Life Magazine)
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Very atmospheric tail of a US Naval Commander’s first ever wartime duty commanding the screening vessels of an Atlantic Convoy during WWII.

Thrilling storyline

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did like the story, but it got a bit repetitive, I get orders are repeated and acknowledged but it got tedious towards the end.

OK but not good

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A very intense story of one Convoy in the battle of the Atlantic. The description of the attacks on the subs puts you there on the bridge.
Only downside is some of the chapters are very long, also 2 hours.

A tense WW2 story

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Much better than the movie!tense and detailed account. of life at sea in World war 2

fabulous

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Intense story that almost never slows down.
CS I brilliant in mediating the always present anxiety over the responsibility a man in Ernie’s position wore on his shoulders.
CS is subtle in his storytelling about these unsung heroes of WW2, in contradiction to the more grand stories about the war.

Jim does an excellent performance and is very pleasant to listen to.

The movie is even better with Tom Hanks bringing the main character to life in an excellent way.

Intense and gripping

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This audiobook really does put you right on the bridge of a destroyer in the Atlantic just before a battle to protect a convoy from a U boat pack. It’s an edge of the seat, exciting account, well narrated at just the right pace. You don’t want to pause the story once started- so much is happening..

Riveting story

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Brilliant story telling the third time of listening even knowing what is coming up utterly riveting

Totally absorbing

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I enjoyed it in that the depth and understanding of the situation the CO finds himself certainly has more weight compared to the film based on this book though i did find the repetitive "very well" comment exhausting :P

Very Well....

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I have listened to this audio book on a number of occasions. I love the story and Him Frangione's narration. I have no doubts that I will listen to it again in the future.

Great naval yarn

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This was an unexpected gem that I found hard to switch off.

Nothing like to movie but felt more authentic

Unexpected gem

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