- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (6 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330418572
- ISBN-13: 978-0330418577
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 712,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Philip Oakes, writing in The Literary Review (Nov 03)
"A brilliant performance with a fierce, uncosy intelligence setting off the fireworks."
The Economist
He gets the landscape right, and the people...But where the novel really scores is in its fundamental plausibility.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
atmospheric, strong characterisation, well-plotted, a twist in the tale and highly readable, this combines espionage of the le carre school with action of the mcnab variety. a very strong book. highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
what's it like to be a terrorist? how does he think and feel? what is it like to be shot at, pursued, run to ground? what is afghanistan realy like? a hostile place has it all. a really powerful story.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An angry, elegant and moving thriller full of double-crosses, A Hostile Place is fast and furious - but it's Western politicians amd their spies who are the bad guys this time round. As good as Eric Ambler's Passage of Arms or Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male, this is a novel to be read at a single sitting. The author's grasp of the place and the people (Afghanistan and Afghans)is unerringly accurate. Lean, hard and beautifully-written.
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Pointless and Boring
A Hostile Place fits in that loosely defined genre of "Action Thriller". Unfortunately it fails to contain any believable action or an ounce of thrill. Read more
Published 18 months ago by DTK Molise
A riveting above-average thriller
Some writers just command attention, their writing steeped in authority for the period or locale and this is the case for Fullerton's story HOSTILE PLACE about Afghanistan after... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2008 by R. Nicholson-morton
A British mercenary goes after Osama bin Laden
I really liked this book, mostly because of the authenticity of the descriptions and the very exciting plot.
The story covers the period December 2001 to March 2002. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2006 by Rennie Petersen
Very Good -- but The Monkey House was better!
After the excellent debut of "The Monkey House" Mr Fullerton set the bar very high."A Hostile Place" falls a little short of the standard set in the first novel-- principally... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2004 by Barton Keyes
Kept me reading all night!
I was there, in that bleak dusty landscape. I cared what happened and found the writing spare yet so eloquent. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2003 by Sally Spedding
Stylish espionage thriller
This is a moving, stylishly-written and pacy espionage thriller set in Afghanistan in which the flawed hero finds more than he bargains for in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Read more
Published on 30 July 2003
The Economist (July 12)
Political thriller
KABUL BOUNTY
"Anyone who is wondering what has happened to Osama bin Laden might enjoy taking this thriller to the beach. Read more
KABUL BOUNTY
"Anyone who is wondering what has happened to Osama bin Laden might enjoy taking this thriller to the beach. Read more
Published on 11 July 2003
best thriller for years
This is the real Afghanistan. There's a war going on, and the author knows what it's like. This is an atmospheric, powerful thriller with a strong yet flawed hero, a clever plot... Read more
Published on 4 July 2003
this is a killer thriller
Take a pinch of le carre, another of len deighton, a soupcon of mcnab, and you've got something completely different here. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2003 by "helaneh"
powerful, atmospheric thriller with a twist
For a thriller, A Hostile Place is beautifully written. Very taught and spare, it reminds the reader of Ted Lewis (Get Carter) and Graham Greene. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2003
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