Foreign Affairs
Written by Stuart Woods
Narrated by Tony Roberts
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About this audiobook
When he's apprised at the last minute of a mandatory meeting abroad, Stone Barrington rushes off to Europe for a whirlwind tour of business and, of course, pleasure. But from the start the trip seems to be cursed, plagued by suspicious "accidents" and unfortunate events, and some of Stone's plans go up in flames-literally.
Not a believer in coincidence, Stone sets out to learn the true source of his curious misfortune and finds that what appeared to be bad luck may, in fact, have been a warning. From the chic streets of Paris to Italy's spectacular Amalfi Coast, Stone is pursued from all sides . . . but when the tables turn, the hunted may become the hunter . . .
From the Hardcover edition.
Stuart Woods
Stuart Woods is the author of more than forty novels, including the New York Times bestselling Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series. An avid sailor and pilot, he lives in New York City, Florida, and Maine.
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Reviews for Foreign Affairs
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5So many novels have some kind of novelty approach: jumping around in time, not really having a plot, telling a story through a character's mail, etc. Foreign Affairs does have two narrators, but it is a good old straightforward novel. Two Americans, academics from the same Northeastern college who have only a passing acquaintance, are both in London for research. They both undergo unexpected and life-changing experiences, some good and some bad. Lurie's characters have real depth, and despite having some serious psychological problems, seem like people you might actually know, not just crazy characters that only appear in novels.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
I remember picking some of Lurie's books up in my late teens or early twenties and not being able to get into them at all. Now I'm finding them to be great books, almost page turners. Maybe I just grew into them.
Fun story of three Americans in London, exceedingly well written and funny and sad in all the right places.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unusual, beautiful and poignant story for which author Alison Lurie won a Pulitzer Prize.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Story of two Americans in London, both academics working on grants, one a fiftysomething spinster prof., the other a young handsome instructor, both saddled with love-baggage and suffering therefrom. In London, they each find romance and each learn something different about being English, being American, and being in love. Classed as a romantic comedy, this book seems to me too full of hard truths about implacable social rules/roles and personal failings to fit that category.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Novel follow two Americans during a stint in London, who work at the same university but are completely different people. It's also about their foreign affairs.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I had a hard time getting into this book and found it to be a disappointing Pulitzer. The main character, Vinnie, remains a pill despite opportunities to really change her life. I don't know the point of Fred's (Vinnie's contrived contrasting main character) story other than he, like Vinnie, goes back to his old life as well.