Thieves Fall Out

Name: Thieves Fall Out
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Gore Vidal
ISBN: 9781799751717

Author: Gore Vidal, Cameron Kay

Narrator: Will Damron

Unabridged: 6 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/26/2020

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled

Synopsis

Lost for more than 60 years and overflowing with political and sexual intrigue, Thieves Fall Out provides a delicious glimpse into the mind of Gore Vidal in his formative years. By turns mischievous and deadly serious, Vidal tells the story of a man caught up in events bigger than he is, a down-on-his-luck American hired to smuggle an ancient relic out of Cairo at a time when revolution is brewing and heads are about to roll.One part Casablanca and one part torn-from-the-headlines tabloid reportage, this novel also offers a startling glimpse of Egypt in turmoil—written over half a century ago, but as current as the news streaming from the streets of Cairo today.

About Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

The little man shook his great head. “I have been to many countries. I’ve done many things. Now I play piano at Le Couteau Rouge.” “What do you know about a woman named Hélène de Rastignac, a French countess?” Le Mouche sighed. “Many things. I know, for instance, that she is not French, but Alexandria......more

Goodreads review by Josh

Think adventure, grifters, and pulp amid a backdrop of post WWII era Egypt where chivalry and romance abound influenced by thievery and black-market prosperity and you'll get a somewhat cracked and faded picture of the atmospheric piece of fiction author Gore Vidal has craftily created. THIEVES FALL......more

Goodreads review by George

Pulp fiction from the 1950s originally published under a pen name. Set in Egypt, featuring the mandatory fit clever American, and an assortment of leftovers from the war and other criminal types. There's even a gay character named Mohammed Ali. A fast read, this book was probably never actually "los......more