The Third Man

Short Review: I have not seen the movie and I did not realize that this was originally written as a screen play before being turned into a novella after the movie was done. That make sense of the weaknesses of the book. I think visually the changes in narration would make sense in ways that the audiobook did not. The basic story was good and definitely felt like a le Carré styled mystery. It isn't really a spy book, but it has that type of feel.

The two narrators are an American pulp western novelist that is coming to Vienna to visit a friend only to arrive just in time for the funeral. And British military police detective. The mystery is about corruption more than politics and reflects the post-war cynicism that seems common in novels of the period.

This really is a novella (just over 3 hours in audio) and I listened to in a single session while doing data entry.

My only slightly longer review is at my blog at http://bookwi.se/the-third-man-by-graham-greene/