The Flying Man
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The Flying Man
Narrated by:
Ramon Tikaram
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Roopa Farooki
About this listen
A criminally clever man who tells a good tale, trading on his charm and good looks, reinventing himself with a new identity and nationality in each successive country he makes his home, abandoning wives and children and careers in the process. He's a compulsive gambler - driven to lose at least as much as he gains, in games of chance, and in life. A damaged man in search of himself.
From the day he was delivered in Lahore, Pakistan, alongside his stillborn twin, he proved he was a born survivor. He has been a master of flying escapes, from Cairo to Paris, from London to Hong Kong, humbled by love, outliving his peers, and ending up old and alone in a budget hotel in Biarritz some eighty years later. His chequered history is catching up with him: his tracks have been uncovered and his latest wife, his children, his creditors and former business associates, all want to pin him down. But even at the end, Maqil just can't resist trying it on; he's still playing his game, and the game won't be over until it's been won.©2012 Roopa Farooki (P)2013 Headline Digital
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Critic reviews
"One thing will always stand out when it matters: the author's voice. And Farooki has one to be proud of.'" (Independent on Sunday)
"Farooki manages the emotional minefield with humour and compassion." (The Times)
I’m top of this I can’t get to drips with her characters nor can I develop an interest in them as the explanations are too in the surface and described as if we are watching tv and not trying to picture it in our heads. I really wanted to enjoy this but maybe I will give one of the authors other books a try as I like her when she speaks otherwise.
Boring and poorly written with the worst narration
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