Six Days of the Condor

Six Days of the Condor

1974

Ratings16

Average rating3.6

15

I read this because I recently watched the film for the 1st time. It was quite different and I believe suffered from the editing decisions forced on the young author by his publishers. Nonetheless, it was an entertaining and gripping mystery but I could have done without the '70s sex and sexism.
Malcolm is not a sexy suave spy, it's hard to imagine Redford playing this version, but you can't help but root for him as everyone conspires against him.
This copy featured a modern “reimagining” of the novel - condor.net - which I found completely unnecessary. It detracted from Six Days of the Condor and should have been placed at the end of the book (or better yet posted on a blog somewhere instead). Not sure if I'll bother with the sequels but this was definitely worth a read.

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