Lie Down with Lions, (Paperback)

from john257hopper

Good page turning thriller, albeit not one of Follett's best. The descriptions of Afghanistan as a war torn and very primitive country are very evocative and the inhabitants are well depicted as individuals with differing drives and views of Russia and the West.

from HenriMoreaux

Set in the 1980s during the opening stages of the Afghan-Soviet war when the Soviet Union was largely unopposed Lie Down With Lions follows the interactions between two spies, one a professional, the other a sleeper. In the start of the book the men are in France and encounter each other and the ...

from likos77

Bewegende Geschichte über Liebe, Verrat und eine waghalsige Flucht aus den afghanischen Bergen inmitten des Krieges.

from juniperSun

Cheap read, spy novel with a few pages of very descriptive sex. Takes place during the ~1979 invasion of Afghan by Russia, giving some perspective which the reader may apply to subsequent American military involvements in the Middle East. The story line has a French doctor, English woman, and Ame...

from GailL

I put this book down a couple of times and debated whether to continue reading it. Not sure why, maybe a bit slow, not overly action packed?? I did finish it at last, but definitely not one I'd read again.