Good News, Bad News - Softcover

Wolstencroft, David

3.32

440 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451411943 ISBN 13: 9780451411945

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 2005

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Two operatives and long-time friends are transformed into enemies when they receive their final mission before retiring, the assassination of each other, embarking on an international chase as they investigate why their bosses want them dead. Reprint.

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Review:

A rollercoaster ride of a book which manages to be both a traditional spy story and a hip tale of friendship and trust... flair and originality. I loved it. (Peter Guttridge, Observer)

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS revitalizes the espionage novel and dishes up a breakneck plot, dizzying twists and two of the most memorable characters in recent suspense fiction. This book is a pure delight! (Jeffery Deaver, author of Garden of Beasts)

Sharp and funny... brilliant... exciting... A dazzling performance, full of surprises, and the only doubt it leaves is what will this most promising author ever do for an encore. (Chicago Tribune)

This exhilarating spy-vs-spy thriller begins with a bang... with its excruciating tension and cynical humor GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS pays a fitting postmodern tribute to le Carre. (Entertainment Weekly)

A superb first novel that will keep you turning the pages (Herald Sun, Australia)

With echoes of Le Carre and Graham Greene - and a hipness all of its own - Good News, Bad News revitalizes the espionage novel and dishes up a breakneck plot, dizzying twists and two of the most memorable characters in recent suspense fiction. This book is a pure delight! (Jeffery Deaver, author of Garden of Beasts)

Wolstencroft is a nimble entertainer who knows his spycraft and deftly puts it to use in his diverting debut thriller. (New York Daily News)

Wolstencroft takes a spy novel convention - the wrongly accused agent on the run from his own agency - and gives it a clever twist in this quirky, literate book. (Publishers Weekly)

You get the feeling, almost from the first page of GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, that you are reading something special. There are all sorts of influences here, from John le Carre to Monty Python to even John Woo... even if you hate espionage novels, Wolstencroft's style and wit will keep you interested and aboard this wild ride, and scanning the television listings for those episodes of "MI-5" that you missed. (Book Reporter)

A spellbinding read (Good Housekeeping)

Book Description:

The stunning debut novel from the creator of SPOOKS.

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