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    The Matlock Paper
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Matlock Paper

    Written by Robert Ludlum

    Narrated by Stephen Hoye

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    The name on the computer screen is James Barbour Matlock, college professor and Vietnam veteran. He's Washington's choice to stop a far-reaching conspiracy in an undercover assignment destined to put his neck against the razor's edge of danger. But the faceless men behind the scenes don't care if it means savaging the woman he loves or trapping him in a maze of unrelenting terror. They just care about one thing: Matlock is the perfect man for the job-and the reason why is disturbing, explosive, and extremely deadly.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 10, 2012
    ISBN9780449013182
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    The Matlock Paper
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    Robert Ludlum

    Robert Ludlum (1927-2001) was the author of 25 thriller novels, including The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum--the books on which the international hit movies were based--and The Sigma Protocol. He was also the creator of the Covert-One series. Born in New York City, Ludlum received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, and before becoming an author, he was a United States Marine, a theater actor and producer.

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    • 4/5
      Re-reading some of my old Ludlum's. Not a bad story at all, but not one of his best either. Another problem with Ludlum is just how dated some of them are, but that also means that there is some decent zeitgeist to be had. This one reminds the reader of campus unrest and a proliferating drug culture. The conspiracy is almost laughable, though, for anyone familiar with academia.
    • 4/5
      Another fun romp with Ludlum, this time taking place around Connecticut in high-end clubs and college campuses. A fairly intriguing tale of a normal guy-on-the-street charged with single-handedly uncovering, and thus ending, an unseemly evil destructive underworld of crime that apparently was lurking just beneath the surface everywhere. I occasionally got a little lost about the significance of the 'Matlock Paper' itself, which could certainly be nothing more than a testament to my own intelligence or lack thereof, but i am inclined to think that the importance of it was rather poorly laid out. Nonetheless, I was definitely hooked on the roller coaster of events that unfolded. My favorite take-away comes near the end when someone in the know compliments our 'hero' on his 'extraordinary courage'. The 'hero' Matlock, of course, feels like an utter failure and states "I don't feel very courageous." The response was "A brave man rarely does. Isn't that remarkable?" And that is likely very true!
    • 4/5
      Written in 1973 The Matlock Paper is a crime thriller about an investigation into a drugs and crime racket on university campuses in 1970s America. The main character is ruthlessly chosen by the Justice Department in the knowledge he may very well end up dead - the greater good and all that.It's a pretty decent mystery as to who is the man behind the criminal organisation, you have your suspicions, yet the ending is still good.Overall, a dated but not bad early Ludlum novel.