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Good News, Bad News (edition 2004)

by David Wolstencroft

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Title:Good News, Bad News
Authors:David Wolstencroft
Info:Dutton Adult (2004), Hardcover
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Good News, Bad News by David Wolstencroft

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This plays with a host of established spy story plots while communicating the mundanity of espionage without itself being hackneyed. ( )
  TheoClarke | Nov 23, 2008 |
Quite an enjoyable, easy to read spy thriller. It took a while to get going, but once it did it made you want to keep reading. The plot was a bit vague, the characters somewhat two dimensional but overall fairly good. If you like spy novels you'll like this one, if you've never tried spy novels this might be a good one to start with. ( )
  nakmeister | Oct 12, 2006 |
A great little thriller of two spies trying to escape death and the politics that brought them into that predicament. Beginning is a little slow, but the rest is fast-paced and entertaining ( )
  Cecilturtle | Jul 18, 2006 |
A brilliant debut novel. Wolstencroft takes the spy-thriller genre and re-creates it for a new generation. Suspense, action and even comedy are thrown in the mix in this book, if you've never read a spy-thriller novel before this is probably the best place to start. ( )
  syed | Dec 15, 2005 |
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0340831642, Paperback)

Meet Charlie. An everyday bloke. Good news is, he has a job. Bad news is, it's in a photo kiosk. He whiles away the hours with his rather eccentric colleague George. But appearances can be deceptive. You see, there is one line of work where taking the world at face value can be very foolish indeed. Where trusting someone -- anyone -- is the most dangerous thing you can ever do. The truth is, Charlie and George have not been very honest with each other. The truth is, this isn't their number one career choice. Their real jobs are a hell of a lot more dangerous. It's time to come clean. But the truth could very well kill them!

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Who could have guessed that a bureaucratic error would send two secret agents to the same 'cover' job, working in a shabby photo-processing booth, where each must keep his identity secret from the other while awaiting orders. When curiosity gets the better of both of them, it's time to come clean.… (more)

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