I've recently finished Frederick Forsyth's "The Outsider (My Life in Intrigue)" (2015).

This one was recommended by a friend, and although not in my usual line, I gave it a go by way of a change.

It's really a compilation of autobiographical vignettes, written in Freddie's usual clipped prose. His has certainly been a "life well lived", and the book is a real page-turner.

I must have read his early novels (many) years ago, but thought that later ones had "gone off the boil" a bit (although it could just be that my own tastes may have "matured"); but this one was as entertaining as any other Frederick Forsyth book. So much so that I have picked up an old copy of "The Dogs of War" (1974) to have another go at!

Recommended. 9/10. smile


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