The Deniable Agent: Undercover in Afghanistan |
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Colin Berry
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Pages: 352 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1845962095
Pub: Mainstream Publishing
Pub date: 2007-03-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5018
Reader Reviews:
good story (0/0 people found this helpful)
Colin is definetly ex army:he knows the drills. Whether he is ex SF is oprn to some interpretation.
The story is excellent; the historical references are public knowledge.
I can't prove or disprove this book.I want it to be real.
As an 'armchair warrior' (I wish it were different) with forces experience, I can feel the reality.
I wish you luck mate !
Never one to water anothers barbeque !
Baaaaaah (as general Melchitt would have said )
MOD
lucky man (0/0 people found this helpful)
hello colin, i recognise them feet anywhere lol! hope all going well now your outa there! been a few years!nice book, anymore in the pipeline?
all the best,
dan
WELL WRITTEN AND ENTERTAINING (3/3 people found this helpful)
I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. THERE'S A LOT OF THESE EX-SAS/MILITARY BOKS AND A LOT OF THEM ARE CRAP. I LOVED MCNAB AND RYAN BOOKS, BUT SO MANY TRY TO BE THAT BUT ARE WAY OFF THE MARK AND COMPETE BULL. THIS IS DIFFERENT - COLIN GETS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE TROUBLES IN AFGHAN IN A LESS CONVENTIONAL WAY, WHICH EADS TO A SHOOT OUT AND PRISON TIME BEING SERVED IN STINK AFGHAN JAIL. IM SURE THERE'S SOME FICTION ADDED TO SPICE IT UP A LITTE, BUT SHOW ME A BOOK IN THIS VEIN WHERE IT HASN'T. EXCITING AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING TO READ, ALTHOUGH MUST HAVE BEEN HELL TO LIVE. MUST READ............
Well worth a read! (3/4 people found this helpful)
A well written account of events in Afghanistan. I found this hard to put down.
The tales of torture and abandonment made you feel for Colin Berry. In places it is shocking to read about the ways one human being can treat another.
Even so, I would definitely recommend this.
Disappointing (3/6 people found this helpful)
This comes across mainly as a "boy's own" adventure tale gone wrong, although there is no denying Colin Berry's suffering while doing time in an Afghan prison. Perhaps if he had done his homework he would never have gone there in the first place, what did he expect? The book paints a very narrow and negative picture of Afghans and Afghanistan and the author appears to have very little empathy or sympathy for a people that have battled the odds against 30 years of war and conflict.
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