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The Condor #2
Сянката на Кондора
Невероятният Роналд Малкълм, наречен КОНДОРА, отново се оказва забъркан в поредната каша, която изправя на нокти вездесъщото ЦРУ. Този път кашата се нарича специален проект Гамаюн и сблъсква суперагентите на няколко разузнавания. Кондора пак трябва да изостави дисертацията си за по-добри времена. Защото в едно малко градче на канадско-американската граница стават твърде странни неща. И единствено непредсказуемите и за чужди, и за свои, импровизации на Кондора могат да изяснят картината… Страхотна гледка е, когато един аматьор разказва играта на суперпрофесионалистите!
272 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1975
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About the author
James Grady
91 books194 followersJames Grady is a longtime author of thrillers, police procedural and espionage novels. He graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism in 1974. During college, he worked for United States Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana as an staff member.
From 1974 - 1978 he was an investigative journalist for the famous muckraker Jack Anderson. Best known as the author of Six Days of the Condor , which was adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford in 1975.
James Grady has gone on to write almost a dozen more novels in the thirty-eight years since Six Days of the Condor was published.
In the past James Grady has written under the pseudonyms of James Dalton and Brit Shelby.
From 1974 - 1978 he was an investigative journalist for the famous muckraker Jack Anderson. Best known as the author of Six Days of the Condor , which was adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford in 1975.
James Grady has gone on to write almost a dozen more novels in the thirty-eight years since Six Days of the Condor was published.
In the past James Grady has written under the pseudonyms of James Dalton and Brit Shelby.
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April 21, 2022
a bit of an interesting book for me , it took a bit of time to get to Malcolms character but once it did his story arc started how i thought it would , until about page 125 it was sort of slow going but from then in the story changed pace and it was fast and exciting for the the rest of the book im hveing a little brake from condor and will read last days of the condor after i have read a couple of covert one books buy robert ludlum
December 20, 2015
The original book and movie were great but this book clearly demonstrates that Grady only had one book in him.
This one has no originality, no suspense. Overuse of cliches and dialogues like "like our American friends use to say, we are in a pickle". Everyone is interested to know how Condor is doing, well if you have assigned him a meaningless task, he should be doing fine, why so much interest?
Had to abandon it midway.
Tried a short-story by Grady later, yeah well, he sucks, except for the first book, which you can try out.
This one has no originality, no suspense. Overuse of cliches and dialogues like "like our American friends use to say, we are in a pickle". Everyone is interested to know how Condor is doing, well if you have assigned him a meaningless task, he should be doing fine, why so much interest?
Had to abandon it midway.
Tried a short-story by Grady later, yeah well, he sucks, except for the first book, which you can try out.
July 10, 2019
This was a very good story which followed right where the Six Days of the Condor should naturally have followed. The previous story was a bit of old news to me as I had read it over the years, seen the movie and become very familiar with it. Shadow of the Condor was an opportunity to read the story fresh and new. I enjoyed it very much.
June 4, 2024
Awful. Grady missed the mark with shadow. Hard to follow six days
December 21, 2023
Shadow of the Condor is oddly disinterested in its title character. The book is ostensibly about Ronald Malcolm being drawn back into espionage, but he's just an observer, one of the most passive protagonists I've ever seen.
A year after the events of Six Days of the Condor, the government coaxes Ronald Malcolm back into service, training him to be a field agent and giving him a seemingly meaningless assignment in Montana. But more is going on than Malcolm realized, and the safety of America's nuclear secrets is now in the hands of Condor.
Well, kind of.
Not really.
*SPOILERS*
The problem with Shadow of the Condor is that Malcolm is stagnant throughout the story. He does almost nothing to affect the plot until the end, when he notices a discrepancy that leads to the discovery of a Russian spy ring. And even when he does, other people take care of all the work while Malcolm simply observes. You keep waiting fornthe worm to turn, for Malcolm to prove hself, but it never happens. It makes me wonder of James Grady did this intentionally to derail any hopes of making Condor a series. There are more stories, but he didn't bring Condor back till 2015.
The book isn't a total slog, though. Some of the spyhunting parts are enjoyable, despite not involving Malcolm. The murky conflict involving America, Russia, and China is somewhat interesting too. But it's ultimately a letdown.
A year after the events of Six Days of the Condor, the government coaxes Ronald Malcolm back into service, training him to be a field agent and giving him a seemingly meaningless assignment in Montana. But more is going on than Malcolm realized, and the safety of America's nuclear secrets is now in the hands of Condor.
Well, kind of.
Not really.
*SPOILERS*
The problem with Shadow of the Condor is that Malcolm is stagnant throughout the story. He does almost nothing to affect the plot until the end, when he notices a discrepancy that leads to the discovery of a Russian spy ring. And even when he does, other people take care of all the work while Malcolm simply observes. You keep waiting fornthe worm to turn, for Malcolm to prove hself, but it never happens. It makes me wonder of James Grady did this intentionally to derail any hopes of making Condor a series. There are more stories, but he didn't bring Condor back till 2015.
The book isn't a total slog, though. Some of the spyhunting parts are enjoyable, despite not involving Malcolm. The murky conflict involving America, Russia, and China is somewhat interesting too. But it's ultimately a letdown.
July 13, 2019
I read this before I read number one and I like to tremendously but I was in 6th grade when I read it. Therefore understand that the four-star is how I felt about it at that time. In fact I probably would have given it a 5-star at the time because I loved the idea of undercover people under different identities which had been stalked by my reading of the day of the jackal.
February 5, 2022
Учудващо свежа като се има предвид, че е писана 70-те години на миналия век. Няма терористи, няма араби, няма биооръжия, няма ни джиесеми ни интернет. Класически шпионски трилър за времето на студената война.
September 3, 2017
Now to read the sequel to Six Days of the Condor. Let's see how it holds up.
April 9, 2020
Perfectly fun and complicated and interesting.
June 21, 2024
I read this in high school in the late 70's and remembered writing a paper on it. Seeing a TikTok today showcasing Joseph Karon's body of work brought my mind back to this book. I was surprised by the mediocre reviews, but I am guessing it hasn't aged well. I remember really liking it. This memory has inspired me to read Six Days of the Condor now (I only remember seeing the similarly titled movie with Redford/Dunaway).
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August 3, 2010In English language,Inglise keeles,fiction,novel,spy fiction,espionage fiction
April 11, 2014
Not as suspense filled as Six, but still a good read. Characters needed more depth and background.
January 20, 2024
Teenage me gave it 3 stars
April 16, 2010
Disappointing sequel to Six Days Of The Condor.
July 30, 2014
Nice thriller. Malcom was doing my perfect job anyway.
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