Read Series: The Condor
by Author James Grady
3 Days of the Condor (1974)
A fast, fun read. It's hard not to compare it to the movie, and I do think this is one of those times where the movie improved on the book. You can see how it's an early version of the spy thrillers that come after him. The main character is fairly likable--though not as much as the version in th...
I sei giorni del Condor (1974)
The opening pages are hilariously improbable: a top-secret government department where the six employees are paid to ... read spy novels for signs of what other spying agencies are doing? But the delicious preface by Grady to the 2008 edition (Six Days was written in the 1970s) insists that it's ...
Six Days of the Condor (1974)
This is a classic spy book, one of the first written. It was uncomplicated and easy to follow; very different from the spy books of John Le Carre. I enjoyed it a lot and found it entertaining. I thought it was interesting that it was this author's first book. The interview I heard with the au...