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Title: Bloodland

Author: Alan Glynn

Narrator: John Cormack

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-13

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

A tabloid star is killed in a helicopter crash and three years later a young journalist is warned off the story.

A private security contractor loses it in the Congo, with deadly consequences.

In Ireland an ex-prime minister struggles to contain a dark secret from his time in office.

A dramatic news story breaks in Paris just as a US senator begins his campaign to run for office.

A ferocious, paranoid thriller that explores the legacy of corruption in big business, the Wests fear of China, the role of back room political players, and the question of who controls what we know.

Critic Reviews:

"A cracking conspiracy thriller worthy of le Carré." (Sunday Independent)

"I've not read such a multi-layered, expertly plotted portrayal of arrogance, greed, and hubris for a long time...scarily plausible." (Guardian)

"An intelligent, compelling, and well-written thriller... while BLOODLAND makes some serious points, it never forgets that a good thriller is there to entertain the reader as well as to make them think." (Irish Times)

Members Reviews:

Brilliant

I enjoyed this book immensely.

I loved how the seemingly disparate storylines all came together. One thread deals with an out-work reporter, Jimmy Vaughan who has just been commissioned to do a biography on a C-list celebrity actress who had been killed a few years earlier in a helicopter crash. Thereâs also a retired politician railing against his irrelevance and worried about a terrible secret, an almost bankrupt post-recession Irish property developer and a powerful US chief of industry under pressure to get an illicit Congolese mining operation back on track.

The story touches on issues such as the exploitation of Africaâs natural resources, the disposability of celebrity, the financial crisis and the rise of private military contractors. While this may seem a wide range of unrelated topics, they are so skilfully woven into the story that they all make sense and all work towards the brilliant conclusion. Each of the main characters feel real, the most striking thing about them is their shared trait of desperation whether itâs to remain relevant, to succeed or just to hold on. Even when you know theyâve behaved terribly and as a reader want to see justice done, you still sympathise with them and understand how events can carry a person towards a destination they never intended.

Finally, I know from looking online that some of the characters appeared previously in Winterland and some appear again in Graveland; I intend reading both and I hope if he doesnât appear in the latter that the supporting character of Szymanski from Bloodland does appear again in some subsequent book.

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This is an excellent book. I noted what one reviewer said (the first one) about concentrating at the start and agree you have to be careful to make sure you get it all as the plot and characters seem to be all over the place a bit. I found it worthwhile to highlight the characters as they entered the story so you could go to 'my clippings' (i'm talking about a kindle here) and remind yourself who is who. The story is about an out of work journalist who stumbles across a conspiracy between some very high officials including one aiming for selection to the white house. Some fascinating 'insights' into the Congo and I figure the author must have been there.