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Joe Country
Slough House Thriller (Related to this series)
- Author
- Mick Herron
- Narrator
- Sean Barrett
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publish Date
- 20 June 2019
- Run Time
- 10 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Comical (humorous) crime and mystery, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
- Rating
- 4.8 (4 reviews)
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What to expect
*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
'Sets a new bar for spy fiction' Financial Times
****
In Slough House, the backwater for failed spies, memories are stirring, all of them bad.
Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process.
With winter taking its grip Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the man responsible for killing a slow horse breaks cover at last, Lamb sends his crew out to even the score.
This time, they're heading into joe country. And they're not all coming home.
'The go-to author for British espionage' Guardian
'Bitingly intelligent, light of touch and frequently hilarious' Observer
(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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Herron does not seek to be John le Carre - his is a wryer, more ironic style; faster, more down to earth, with rapid prose that grabs you by the throat. If you haven't read him yet, do so now
Daily Mail
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The best thriller writer in Britain today
Daily Express
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This series is bitingly intelligent, light of touch and frequently hilarious
Observer
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Mick Herron is fast becoming the go-to author for British espionage . . . Aficionados can expect Herron's trademark snappy dialogue, memorably flawed characters and sharp political observation
Guardian
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Herron is superior to the vast majority of thriller writers at their best, and there's no shortage here of reliable treats ranging from messy, inept gunfights to brutally sarcastic dialogue
Sunday Times
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Every bit as captivating as its predecessors . . . like a pin-sharp sitcom that happens to include murder and high politics, they purr along on the gracelessness and ineptitude of the self-deluding Slow Horses, the unmatchable Lamb, and the crackling writing that has made all six in the series unmissable
Big Issue
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A delight - an ingeniously plotted thriller, delivered in bone dry, sublimely sardonic style
Sunday Mirror
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Herron's morbidly witty backdrop hosts incisive storytelling with a rich mix of engaging characters
Financial Times
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Well observed, angry and deeply sad, Joe Country is fundamentally about injustice . . . It is a rare novelist who can make such unrelenting misery so funny
TLS
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Mick Herron's Slough House spy thrillers are by now, one of the least well-kept secrets in espionage fiction. Everyone with even half an eye on the genre knows he is somewhere near the top . . . Herron is a fine, often glorious sentence-by-sentence writer, and fiercely funny with his dialogue . . . a hugely satisfying addition to the series
Literary Review
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Herron's running jokes with language are part of the fun, and his corpulent, politically incorrect and scatalogically creative eminence noir Jackson Lamb is the icing on the cake
The Times
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If you haven't yet immersed yourself in the world of Slough House, the arena for Herron's jaded and thoroughly imperfect spies, you've a treat in store . . . Combining espionage, ennui and deadpan humour, they set a new bar for spy fiction
FT, Books of the Year
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A complex, accomplished novel by the best thriller writer in Britain today
Daily Express, Books of the Year
User Reviews
Book 4.8
Narration 4.5
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4.0 5.0
As usual a great listen beautifully narrated.
robinh 2025-04-21
Details
- Author
- Mick Herron
- Narrator
- Sean Barrett
- Duration
- 10 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 June 2019
- ISBN
- 9781473660359
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Comical (humorous) crime and mystery, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
- Rating
- 4.8(4 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.5(4 reviews)
Synopsis
*Pre-order Clown Town, the ninth novel in Mick Herron's Slough House series, now**Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'Sets a new bar for spy fiction' Financial Times****In Slough House, the backwater for failed spies, memories are stirring, all of them bad.Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process.With winter taking its grip Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the man responsible for killing a slow horse breaks cover at last, Lamb sends his crew out to even the score.This time, they're heading into joe country. And they're not all coming home.'The go-to author for British espionage' Guardian'Bitingly intelligent, light of touch and frequently hilarious' Observer(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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