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Black Cat Black Dog (Hardcover)

by John Creed (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (16 Mar 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571227880
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571227884
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Irish Times March 25 2006

A brutal, complex spy thriller.

Daily Mirror March 31 2006

Valentine is fast emerging as the spook`s spook to watch.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Rather fanciful, 2 May 2007
By Mister Hobgoblin (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Cat Black Dog (Paperback)

I want to like John Creed, and his alter ego Eoin McNamee has written some great stuff. The problem here is credibility.

Although the plot is jolly good, and the pace keeps the pages turning, the central conceit is incredible. That is: a former spy (Jack Valentine) has fallen out with his former paymasters for no obvious reason and gets caught up in a covert operation led by the self same former employers, who promptly try to despatch him. Whilst doing this, Valentine seems to support himself financially despite not having a day job.

Creed/McNamee has never been terribly good at continuity and some examples grate. An inquest, for example, is located in Belfast/Newcastle depending upon which page you are reading. Valentine's car in Northern Ireland is an Opel or a Ford, depending on the page (and how des he have a car given that he arrived in Northern Ireland on his own boat?) And how does the chap he took over to Northern Ireland get back to Scotland given that Valentine stays on? And how come everyone that Valentine meets is in on the job?

I'm afraid this is not a terribly good book - if it were a puppet, you'd say you could see the strings. But for all that, it is quite endearing to find a Northern Ireland set thriller that doesn't descend into the Troubles.
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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Rather fanciful, 1 Jun 2006
By Mister Hobgoblin (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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I want to like John Creed, and his alter ego Eoin McNamee has written some great stuff. The problem here is credibility.

Although the plot is jolly good, and the pace keeps the pages turning, the central conceit is incredible. That is: a former spy (Jack Valentine) has fallen out with his former paymasters for no obvious reason and gets caught up in a covert operation led by the self same former employers, who promptly try to despatch him. Whilst doing this, Valentine seems to support himself financially despite not having a day job.

Creed/McNamee has never been terribly good at continuity and some examples grate. An inquest, for example, is located in Belfast/Newcastle depending upon which page you are reading. Valentine's car in Northern Ireland is an Opel or a Ford, depending on the page (and how des he have a car given that he arrived in Northern Ireland on his own boat?) And how does the chap he took over to Northern Ireland get back to Scotland given that Valentine stays on? And how come everyone that Valentine meets is in on the job?

I'm afraid this is not a terribly good book - if it were a puppet, you'd say you could see the strings. But for all that, it is quite endearing to find a Northern Ireland set thriller that doesn't descend into the Troubles.
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So What if it is Fanciful?, 4 Jun 2007
This review is from: Black Cat Black Dog (Paperback)
I thank heavens for John Creed. Most recent blockbusters manage to be incredibly boring and incredibly violent at the same time, and when it comes to implausibility . . .?
Creed's characters are warm and very human, you want desperately to find out what happens to them, which again, in the case of recent blockbusters, I, at least, couldn't care less.
Great Creed, great Jack Valentine.
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