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The Parsifal Mosaic

By: Robert Ludlum
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Michael Havelock watched as his partner and lover, Jenna Karas, double agent, was gunned down by his own agency. There's nothing left for him but to get out, quit the game. Until, in one frantic moment on a crowded railway platform in Rome, Havelock sees Jenna. She's alive - and suddenly Havelock is a marked man, on the run from both US and Russian assassins. Racing around the globe after his beautiful betrayer, Havelock is trapped in a massive mosaic of treachery created by a top-level mole with the world in his fist - Parsifal....

Read by Scott Brick. Actor and writer Scott Brick has performed on film, television and radio. His stage appearances throughout the U.S. include Cyrano, Hamlet, and Macbeth. In the audio industry, Scott has won over thirty Earphone Awards, as well as the 2003 Audie Award in the Best Science Fiction category. Having recorded over 300 books to date, AudioFile Magazine named Scott "one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy" and proclaimed him one of their Golden Voices.

©1982 Robert Ludlum (P)2012 Random House Audio Espionage Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction Suspense Russia

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cringed and fast forwarded when I came to the soppy love interest bits. not my cup of tea but enjoyed the rest of the storyline

had to keep your wits about you to follow the plot

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I loved this story. Maybe it’s because it was written before spies used gadgets and people were tracked on the internet or using cctv, but the old-school “spy being chased around the world, not knowing who to trust” was brilliant. I have to say that I love Scott Brick as a narrator too - his Tom Clancy stories are also great listens.

Old school espionage

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What did you like best about The Parsifal Mosaic? What did you like least?

Brilliant, if far far fetched story, although I suppose it might just happen, but in any case it kept me up all night listening to it. However, it was a bit hard to keep tabs on all the different characters, especially when they kept getting knocked off so frequently, and one can't refer back , as with the pages of a book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

None really, they all stretched the imagination a bit, but they were still all ok.

What didn’t you like about Scott Brick’s performance?

Where do I startr? The terribly contrived foreign accent, which did indeed drone on and on, and was the same for anyone who wasn't American, and then, halfway through the book he began sounding like a priest giving a service, an absolute drone, which I came to dread as I became more interested in the plot, yet he interspersed this with odd incidences of over dramatics. Mr. Ludlum, get another narrator please!

If this book were a film would you go see it?

I wouldn't go to a cinema, but I'd certainly watch on TV.

Any additional comments?

This is the first book I have had by Mr Ludlum, and I am immediately going to choose another, so that says it all really!

narrator drove me mad!!!

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A marathon listen that needs at least a second listen to get all the plot twists. Perhaps a little too far fetched but then it is fiction. Recommended

A must listen

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This is one of the best books I've listened to. It is set during the heart of the Cold War and starts with the main character witnessing the assassination of his lover whom he believes has betrayed him and his country. He then quits the CIA and decides to tour Europe before taking up a teaching position. However his former profession won't let him go and before long he is thrust back into his former role not only to safe his life but also to safe his country.. This book is full of intrigue and so many twists and turns you'll be left guessing to the very end.

Better than Bourne

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I use the audiobook service to keep me entertained and alert during my commute to work.

And this book certainly did the job perfectly. The plot is so ambitious and fast paced that you literally wait for the time to go fast that you know the next part of the story, yet the story is so good that you don't want the book to end. A must listen for all those thrill seekers.

keeps you on the edge all the time

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The best and the most entertaining. Scott Brick is one of the best and most greatest narrators. Enjoyable and worth listening to.

The best!

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Mr Ludlem at his best. I never post spoilers, but the story twists and turns and spirals and U-turn then twists again. Yo have to concentrate otherwise , like me you have to hit the rewind button a few times. Don't read this at your peril.

Now that's what I call a story!

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What did you like most about The Parsifal Mosaic?

Ludlam at his best.

What did you like best about this story?

Effortless listen. Twists & turns

Any additional comments?

If you like the Bourne books you'll love this

Fantastic from start to finish

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A story that eats its self the longer it goes on. Plodding and quite boring.
Scott Brick uses voices that were often absurd but always slightly comedic. This book does not lend itself to comedy however. A thorough waste of money and time-for me.

Underwhelming

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