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The One That Got Away (Paperback)

by Chris Ryan (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (6 Jun 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099641615
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099641612
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 504,608 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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‘Real strength in detailing the nitty-gritty of operations’ --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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‘Packed with trademark technical detailing and gung-ho action’ --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic action - Gripping in the extreme!!!, 10 Sep 2003
By Mark J Trumper (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The One That Got Away (Paperback)
I loved Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero, so when I saw the adverts for Chris Ryan's take on the same covert events deep behind Iraqi enemy lines, I couldn't wait to conscript!! Ryan bills himself as the realist to McNab's dreamer and this is borne out by his gritty and gripping approach to prose. Where Bravo Two Zero owed more to McNab's magical realism The One That Got Away is more about Ryan's no-nonsense, crash-bang-wallop feel for realistic special forces action.

This book is NOT a disappointment. It's gratifying to read such well crafted prose from a man that's actually been there and done it in the worlds premier elite fighting force. This gives Ryan's writing so much more authority and edge than other more run of the mill "war novelists" like Solzhenitzhen or Pat Barker, who may string write pretty words together but would struggle if they had to yomp 250 clicks in a week across hostile enemy terrain.

Another aspect of the book that's often overlooked is the sense of empowerment that's brought to the reader. Having read this book, I now feel that if placed in a "potential enemy flashpoint" I have the skills and tactical abilities to "neutralise" any threats, or at least talk a good game in the pub thereby impressing my mates. And let's face it that's what it's all about, eh?

Couldn't ask for more in a work of literature.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fair Play..., 13 Aug 2005
This review is from: The One That Got Away (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book. After reading other reviews about both Mcnab and Ryan I was a bit on the defensive when reading this book.
Ryan is an obviously confident person and so some of the things that he writes could be taken the wrong way by people who are intimidated by confidence.
I found his account gripping and I read it in two days. Could not stop reading.
So, pay little attention to the people who criticise Ryan (or Mcnab) because until you've gone through it, well its best to keep quiet.
Worth the read and again it just added to my respect for the boys in 22.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars He walked the walk... He talks the talk, 11 Mar 2005
This review is from: The One That Got Away (Paperback)
Having read numerous books, both fact and fiction, relating to special forces, I have to give 2 thumbs up to this particular work by Chris Ryan. A celebration of human endurance and the will to survive along with insights into the human spirit in an almost hopeless situation. Ryan not only gives accurate details of his thoughts and actions during his amazing trek, but also gives the reader a glimpse of what SAS training is all about. It's rare that any soldier would come face to face with the reality and such missfortune as Ryan did, but as you read this book you have the opportunity to follow Ryan on a journey of survial and almost 'experience' the fear, the drive and the shear will to live he experiences. Falling upon skills he developed during all the years of his training within the British Army including the SAS, Chris Ryan was able to achieve an almost impossible task, one that I personaly feel, only a true, trained, expert in survial could achieve.
A first rate, fact filled book... 'Who Dares Wins ' Bravo!
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