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Greyhound

Discover the gripping naval thriller behind the major motion picture starring Tom Hanks

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Greyhound

Written by: C.S. Forester
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
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Brought to you by Penguin.

'Unbelievably good' James Holland, bestselling author of Normandy '44

The Tom Hanks film originally published as The Good Shepherd and acclaimed as C.S. Forester's wartime classic

It's 1942. America has just joined the war.

Greyhound, an international convoy of thirty-seven allied ships, is in operation.

Captain Krause must lead his first command of a US destroyer as the convoy ploughs through the icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas.

For forty-eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the wolf packs of German U-boats. His mission looks doomed to fail. But armed with extraordinary courage and grit, hope may just be on the horizon. . .

This is a riveting classic of naval warfare from the author of the legendary Hornblower series.

'High and glittering excitement' New York Times

© C.S. Forester 1955 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Submarine U-Boat Military War

What the critics say

Action, tension, tingling suspense . . . The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II
The best book of its kind since The Cruel Sea
High and glittering excitement
Nothing more exciting has been launched since Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea (Guardian)
All stars
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,Not sure a movie could be made as so much of the story is the Captain' internal thoughts. Forester has written a great book again.

Terrific book

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Captivating story. Offers an insight to an often overlooked battle of WWII. And highlights the contributions of the RCN.
A great companion to the movie.

Amazing

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The story goes on and on about the procedure to protect convoys during the war, but after I got the gist of what was required, the rest of the book just goes on and on

Boring

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