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Title: The Outsider
Subtitle: My Life in Intrigue
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Narrator: Robert Powell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-06-15
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 85 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians
Publisher's Summary:
From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever - his own.
For more than 40 years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue, from the groundbreaking The Day of the Jackal to the prescient The Kill List. Whether writing about the murky world of arms dealers, the shadowy Nazi underground movement, or the intricacies of worldwide drug cartels, every plot has been chillingly plausible because every detail has been minutely researched.
But what most people don't know is that some of his greatest stories of intrigue have been in his own life.
He was the RAF's youngest pilot at the age of 19, barely escaped the wrath of an arms dealer in Hamburg, got strafed by a MiG during the Nigerian civil war, and landed during a bloody coup in Guinea-Bissau (and was accused of helping fund a 1973 coup in Equatorial Guinea). The Stasi arrested him, the Israelis feted him, the IRA threatened him, and a certain attractive Czech secret police agent - well, her actions were a bit more intimate. And that's just for starters.
It is a memoir like no other - and a book of pure delight.
Members Reviews:
"Have you been there?" Indeed he has.
As an avid reader of many of Frederick Forsyth's book, listening to (he +upside helps one understand that his renowned research ability is explained by his having "been there". The Outsider is brilliant because although it is a bit of an autobiography it explains his books and is brilliantly read.
Fantastic read
Amazing story telling. FF has had an incredible life and you can understand why his novels are so 'real'....also, perfect narration.
Extraordinary life and storytelling
What made the experience of listening to The Outsider the most enjoyable?
For me, this was the best Forsyth book yet. The storytelling is great, narrator did an excellent job modulating voice tone and pace with the stories. What a remarkable life. No wonder he is able to come up with the "novels" he has written.
What did you like best about this story?
Seeing how the early experiences of determination and willingness to do what it takes to achieve things paid off so well in so many ways. The book was also very well edited, with everything in it contributing to the overall life story. It is told in a series of many adventures/anecdotes. Some brief, some lengthy, but they are all pieces of what makes up this man and his life.
What does Robert Powell bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?
I actually did start with the printed version from my local library to see if I wanted to purchase the audiobook. It was good enough that I knew I needed to hear it all to really appreciate it. This book really seems well written for the ear, and Powell did a great job of keeping it alive and moving along. One could easily imagine Powell as Forsyth experiencing all these things.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Not really any extreme reaction per se, but I did really enjoy finding out a great deal more about the whole Biafra situation. I was in my teens when this was happening, and only remember it from the horrific images of starving children.
