The Nature of the Game eBook James Grady
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An ex-CIA operative is on the run from his former employers in this “brutal, moving” thriller from the author of Six Days of the Condor (James Ellroy).
Jud is not too drunk to recognize the assassin. How the hit man found him in this hard-bitten roadhouse, Jud isn’t sure, but he’s not going down without a fight. His hands shaking too much for close combat, Jud perches himself on the bar’s roof and drops onto the assassin as he steps out into the darkness. Though Jud only meant to stun, the man is dead. Jud doesn’t care.
Quitting the CIA hasn’t been easy. Once one of the agency’s top killers, Jud’s skills have been dulled by civilian life, and his only chance of survival is to go into hiding. But before disappearing completely, he calls one of the few people he can trust, DC journalist Nick Kelley. Together, they’re about to take on the deadly rot at the heart of the CIA.
James Grady revolutionized the thriller genre with his CIA analyst codenamed Condor, immortalized by Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor, and currently portrayed by Max Irons in the all-new TV series Condor. In The Nature of the Game, Grady introduces another complex hero in a “brooding, ambitious” thriller that offers a “wrap-up of everything awful in the spy business” (Kirkus Reviews).
Jud is not too drunk to recognize the assassin. How the hit man found him in this hard-bitten roadhouse, Jud isn’t sure, but he’s not going down without a fight. His hands shaking too much for close combat, Jud perches himself on the bar’s roof and drops onto the assassin as he steps out into the darkness. Though Jud only meant to stun, the man is dead. Jud doesn’t care.
Quitting the CIA hasn’t been easy. Once one of the agency’s top killers, Jud’s skills have been dulled by civilian life, and his only chance of survival is to go into hiding. But before disappearing completely, he calls one of the few people he can trust, DC journalist Nick Kelley. Together, they’re about to take on the deadly rot at the heart of the CIA.
James Grady revolutionized the thriller genre with his CIA analyst codenamed Condor, immortalized by Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor, and currently portrayed by Max Irons in the all-new TV series Condor. In The Nature of the Game, Grady introduces another complex hero in a “brooding, ambitious” thriller that offers a “wrap-up of everything awful in the spy business” (Kirkus Reviews).
The Nature of the Game eBook James Grady
In an Amazon age when any Tom, Dick or Harry can write a book and sell it through Kindle it is important, for readers, to remember we still have choices. Author James Grady is a good choice, as is his book, THE NATURE OF THE GAME. In a bit of an epic undertaking the unpleasant but no doubt true nature of the USA spy game is unveiled from the 1950s to the 1990s, including the secret war on Laos, Watergate, Iran Contra and the losing war on drugs, to name just some. If you read, ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN 37 years ago you'll find your brain recalling old bios. All told through the character, mostly, of Jud Stuart, a burly, boozing intelligence operative who has gone off the grid to be found in a low-life L.A. drinkers bar in the captivating opening scene. Knowing or believing he has a contract on him, Jud calls in his old code name to the CIA headquarters in Washington D.C., setting the wheels in motion for a complex, educational and well written tale. Marine Major and lawyer, Wes Chandler, he with the Boy Scout motives, is sent in to find Jud in an off the books mission because of what or who Jed might know. Jed's only friend, initially, is his long time pal, Nick Kelly, A D.C. novelist and former muckraker's assistant, which some readers might get a kick out of for some autobiographical similarities to one real life James Grady in another time and place - but that could be supposition on my part. I liked some parts of the historical research better than others - Laos over Iran/Contra, but that's a personal preference, yours may differ. The dialogue was top notch and I particularly liked when Jud was shacked up in a trailer outside Las Vegas working at a diner and falling for the waitress/manager. Ambitious undertaking by writer and reader alike but well worth it. Grady is a brilliant wordsmith. He does the little things well - the description of Jud Stuart is not your cookie cutter spy, psychologically or physically.Product details
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The Nature of the Game eBook James Grady Reviews
I started reading it and couldn't put it down. He just wrote another book "Three Days of the Condor" that was even better. But, beware of starting it too close to bedtime because you won't be able to put it down.
the best spy novel I have read in 50 years
Too difficult to follow the players.
Most of the book was great action and suspense but the ending left me wanting to talk to the author. He ended as if he was late for an appt. Really left me hanging.
A sequel to "Six Days of the Condor" (basis for the movie "Three Days of the Condor"). Entertaining spy story.
As a fan of the movie Three Days of the Condor, I always want to like James Grady's books. Unfortunately, the characters are a bit flat and most of the attempts to develop them seem perfunctory. The plot is compelling enough, but the ultimate resolution disappointed me and leaves a number of loose ends that would really matter if you bought into the characters as real people. I don't buy the comparisons to LeCarre--this is not near that level. Still, it's highly readable and keeps you turning pages.
This novel first appeared in 1991 as "River of Darkness." Immediately after it was published, the author found the perfect title he'd been looking for, hence the current title.
The novel begins in 1990, but loops back and forth from the 1960s to the 1980s and back to 1990 as it tells the story of Jud Stuart, an operative so covert that it's hard to know who he's working for as he pulls off covert missions from Laos to Washington, DC to Los Angeles. Other characters include Wes Chandler, a Marine Corps officer assigned to find out why Jud Stuart is calling the CIA's agent distress line, and Nick Kelly, a journalist turned novelist who is Jud's friend from the 1970s.
It's a walk through the dark and seamy side of the Baby Boomer era, from the Vietnam War to the aftermath of Iran-Contra. Grady's prose is crisp, his dialogue sounds true to the ear, his characters are realistic and suitably complex, the plot is utterly byzantine yet coherent, and it's well-researched. The result is an immersion into a secret world that parallels our own that pays off an ambitious premise. This novel grabs your mind and your heart in one move and doesn't let go. I bought and read the hardcover in 1991 as a young man, lost it some years later, and bought it for my as soon as I found out it was available on .
Well done, Mr. Grady.
In an age when any Tom, Dick or Harry can write a book and sell it through it is important, for readers, to remember we still have choices. Author James Grady is a good choice, as is his book, THE NATURE OF THE GAME. In a bit of an epic undertaking the unpleasant but no doubt true nature of the USA spy game is unveiled from the 1950s to the 1990s, including the secret war on Laos, Watergate, Iran Contra and the losing war on drugs, to name just some. If you read, ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN 37 years ago you'll find your brain recalling old bios. All told through the character, mostly, of Jud Stuart, a burly, boozing intelligence operative who has gone off the grid to be found in a low-life L.A. drinkers bar in the captivating opening scene. Knowing or believing he has a contract on him, Jud calls in his old code name to the CIA headquarters in Washington D.C., setting the wheels in motion for a complex, educational and well written tale. Marine Major and lawyer, Wes Chandler, he with the Boy Scout motives, is sent in to find Jud in an off the books mission because of what or who Jed might know. Jed's only friend, initially, is his long time pal, Nick Kelly, A D.C. novelist and former muckraker's assistant, which some readers might get a kick out of for some autobiographical similarities to one real life James Grady in another time and place - but that could be supposition on my part. I liked some parts of the historical research better than others - Laos over Iran/Contra, but that's a personal preference, yours may differ. The dialogue was top notch and I particularly liked when Jud was shacked up in a trailer outside Las Vegas working at a diner and falling for the waitress/manager. Ambitious undertaking by writer and reader alike but well worth it. Grady is a brilliant wordsmith. He does the little things well - the description of Jud Stuart is not your cookie cutter spy, psychologically or physically.
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