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"'A superb feat of storytelling by a master of his craft' - The Times; 'One of the best plotters in the business' - Time Out; 'One of Britain's foremost pacy thriller writers' - Sunday Express; 'A clever, informed and worldly cynical story about arrogance, obsession and tragedy' - The Times"
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In the military family there is no worse crime than cowardice. Malachy Kitchen, Intelligence officer, posted to Iraq, appears guilty of it while on patrol with an infantry platoon ambushed by insurgents. When word spreads that he was 'yellow' under hostile fire, his life starts to disintegrate. Kicked out of the army, he becomes an isolated recluse in a drugs infested London estate. But the mugging of his neighbour, an elderly widow, by addicts lights the flame that draws him to regain his lost pride, to take the fight to the narcotics network he sees around him. But it is not so simple - because the drugs routes have been colonised by other factions who want to deliver equally dangerous packages around the world. And if Malachy is to complete his quest, he must first enter one of the darker alleyways of life...
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rat Run,
By rsasdr (chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rat Run (Hardcover)
Gerald Seymour is one of the most prolific thriller writers. He's written over twenty books in thirty years and has still managed to maintain the same level of qaulity with his newest.
In Rat Run, a disgraced British soldier and veteran of Iraq, where he underwent a particularly bad experience,which is told in flashback throughout the narrative, indifferently tries to maintain some semblance of a life. When his neighbor is attacked by an addict, he becomes personally motivated to go after a drug network, finding a means of redemption. He sets his sights higher in the hierachry of the organization with each successive act, starting with the pushers on the streets, until he crosses paths with a Secret Intelligence Service team pursuing an al-Qaeda terrorist who is going to activate sleeper terrorist cells inside Britain. Seymour is an absolutely wonderful writer, comparable if not superior to even Clancy and Forsyth, and Rat Run demonstrates his talents of creating a cast of varied, multiple characters and fully fleshing them out and leaving no gurantees as to the outcome of the story or who will survive. I've read several authors, though while good, they often fail to make me actually care about the characters, and that's what drives Seymour's books.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointingly poor,
By Michael Watson "skirrow22" (Halifax, England) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Rat Run (Mass Market Paperback)
I always look forward to a new Gerald Seymour novel. The storyline is usually a complex entwining of several strands which come together towards the final chapter. Rat Run certainly is no exception but, on this occasion, the story is just too complex for my taste. There are drug dealers, people smugglers, Arab terrorists, a Smiley character with the usual buffoons in MI6, a little love interest and a disgraced soldier making good, all of whom are spread over several countries, all of whom seem to meet a most unsatisfactory ending.
For me, the story breaks down because there are just too many characters. None of them is remotely likeable, well, maybe the Smiley character and just possibly, the little old woman living in a block of run-down flats and that's it. I was really disappointed with this book. For my money, one of the best reads currently available is Will Staeger's `Public Enemy' and for fast paced action, enjoyable characters and a `can't put it down' book, try it. I will buy Gerald Seymour's next book. The writing is always well crafted. I just hope the story will be less complicated!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Rat Run - pretty poor,
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This review is from: Rat Run (Mass Market Paperback)
This was the first Gerald Seymoor I'd read - and it was the last. I new I wasn't going to get on with this novel after the first few pages, and it took a monumental effort to finish it.
There are so many plot strands to 'Rat Run' that I began to lose track. And, on finishing the book, I realised that many of these strands were utterly pointless and served no purpose other than to stall my progress with the main plot, which involves a disgraced ex-soldier who finds redemption in going after drug dealers. The prose I found distant and hard to like, the protagonist I found unlikeable (even though he says so little throughout the book it's hard to work fathom his character anyway) and the pace I found stuttery and alienating. Because of 'Rat Run', I won't be reading any other titles by Gerald Seymoor, and I'm surprised how many hold this book in such high esteem. One positive is that occasionally the story flows nicely and becomes very readable, only to return to its old habits soon after.
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