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Title: The Dealer and the Dead
Author: Gerald Seymour
Narrator: Paul Thornley
Format: Unabridged
Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-02-10
Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Eighteen years after the barbarous war with the Serbs that tore their communities apart, a group of Croatian villagers discover the identity of the Englishman who they believe betrayed them by reneging on a deal to supply arms. With revenge in sight at last, they hire a professional killer from London to track him down... but is the story as simple as they think?
Critic Reviews:
"A war crime propels this stellar thriller from Edgar-finalist Seymour. How Seymour develops these characters and manipulates them until they all end up in Vukovar is a testament to his talent and skill." (Publishers Weekly)
"Seymour loves detail, and The Dealer and the Dead serves it up brilliantly. [The Bosnian conflict] continues to spur headlines and to provide potent plotlines for novelists. Its fitting that Seymour, one of the finest contemporary espionage novelists, shines his unique light on it." (Booklist)
"Crisp, taut and contemporary, by a stylish writer." (The Observer UK)
Members Reviews:
Distant events brought up close and personal
What made the experience of listening to The Dealer and the Dead the most enjoyable?
Gerald Seymour is a master story teller, his heros and anti-heros so easy to identify with.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The policeman, idealism thwarted by realism, an experience I find heart-wrenching.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, a cliff-hanger right up to the post-script , but it is too long for that.
Any additional comments?
The mob violence scene, and the pre planning of it, extremely chilling. In South Africa we have seen that in action, absolutely realistic.
Outstanding!
Completely engrossing, great character development and a Shakespearian collection of characters and narrative. One of the best thrillers I have listened to in years.
Almost there
Good narration and a great basic story line. Problem was it all fell apart at the end! GS's descriptive powers are undiminished and his knowledge of the 'process' has to be commended. Yes you get into the characters but well the best way I can think is to say that I felt I was in a play and not in real life. OK?
Disappointed
Put quite simply I found this to be lacking in any real substance.
There was almost no character development where it was needed and because of this I felt that I simply didn't care what became of any of them. I expected and hoped for so much more as the story comes from the mind of Gerald Seymour but alas I was left not wanting more but asking myself 'why did I bother sticking it out until the end?'
The only answer I could come up with was that the tale was narrated by Paul Thornley. I enjoy the way he narrates and it was maybe because of his work on this that I stuck it out until the end.
The 1 star is harsh but I feel that it may help bring down the overall rating and serve as a warning to anyone who may be unsure about purchasing this book. My advice would be to try something else.
Tedious with confusing scene changes
While I've enjoyed quite a number of thriller/crime books from Audible, this is not one of them. The story drags a lot, with huge sections where nothing really happens. It has areas of interest but these are lost by the overly slow pace of the whole book.
The narrator does a good job of bringing out the different characters but fails to differentiate between a new paragraph and scene change.
