Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century

by Sergei Kostin, Eric Raynaud, Richard V. Allen, Catherine Cauvin-Higgins

448 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 2, 2011

Reviews

[Katie Long · Rating 1 out of 5]

I do rarely abandon books, but the translation on this one made it impossible to keep going.

[Dean Hamp · Rating 3 out of 5]

What promises to be a terrific spy story winds up as the profile of a psychopath. Chilling, haunting, yet ultimately disappointing. If it weren't for the ramifications of the protagonist's actions, if would barely be worth the trouble of reading - except out of morbid curiosity.

[Aimee Hawley · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story was fascinating; yet the writing was very repetitious and sometimes difficult to follow. I suspect the translation was responsible for some awkwardness. But, I did learn a lot about the event.

[Meggan Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was vexing. The story is fascinating, but the translation of the book wasn't very good. Lots of awkward sentences made it an inelegant and frustrating read at times.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't give it 5 stars because some of it was hard for me to follow because I'm not very interested in political/espionage terms etc. However, the story itself was amazing and so interesting!