Six Days of the Condor

By James Grady

Book Overview

The classic spy thriller about corruption in the CIA that inspired the hit film and TV show: "A master of intrigue" (John Grisham). Sandwiches are a part of Ronald Malcolm's every day, but one just... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000KU4T3Y
• ISBN13: 8601422409017
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Norton
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Run Condor run

Condor is the code name for Ronald Malcolm an employee of the CIA. His mission is to read, read everything he can to see if there are any subversive codes being posted in innocuous looking literature. He discovers that the number of packages shipped to his location do not match the bill of lading. He brings this to the attention of his superiors. One day he leaves by an un-recorded unauthorized back door for lunch. On returning he finds everyone dead. Who did this and who can he trust? To survive he must use his wits and what he has learned from his reading. A movie "Three days of the Condor" is based on this book, which is really first in a series of books, sort of like the James Bond series. Naturally being film media the story needed cutting down to size, hence three days instead of six. Robert Redford has to squeeze James Grady's "Six Days of the Condor" into the Redford mold. The book plot of drugs and Viet Nam are out. Redford's substitute plot of oil and Arabs is in. Bad guys differ. Great acting, great actors and a few faux pas, such as if they knew there was a back door to the location, don't you think it would be watched? In the movie Tina Chen (Janice) can be seen again in "Paper Man (1971)". Paper Man (1971)