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The Private Life of Spies
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
In this collection of short stories, Alexander McCall Smith brings his trademark humour and warmth to inventive tales of spying and vengeance. In one story, a spy dropped deep into enemy territory manages to disguise himself – quite convincingly – as a nun.
In another, an invitation to join the Vatican Secret Service sends a prospective operative down a rabbit hole of controversy and confusion. A third story finds an author, on the brink of public ruin, seeing the error of his ways after an act of kindness saves the day.
A keen observer of humanity imbued with a sparkling imagination, Alexander McCall Smith illustrates throughout that transparency is paramount and forgiveness is restorative. With surprising insight and a healthy helping of humour, these stories remind us that, in the end, the high road is often the better one for all involved.
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- Ann Burchell
- 14-03-23
AMS - Private Life of Spies
A wonderful set of stories and highly recommended. AMS at his usual best in story telling.
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- Annette Jones
- 06-03-23
Different but good.
The narrator is very good. Loved these short stories. Alexander McColl Smith and Michael Morpurgo are two of my favourite writers. They never disappoint.
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- Mrs O
- 28-07-24
Not quite...
There were some interesting ideas for these short stories and some moments that made me smile but overall I found the stories were not quite what I expect from AMS and didn't give the usual listening satisfaction. Nearly but not quite...
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- David
- 20-05-24
A Couple of good stories.
In my opinion, not Alexander McCall Smiths best work. It started well but by the Final story, it wasn’t keeping my attention at all. The narrator is good but the book just didn’t hold my interest which is unusual for this author.
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