Both Hunter and Hunted: Both Hunter and Hunted Rely on God--Turkish Proverb

By Vincent Joyce

Book Overview

A cold war adventure that can now be told In 1975, a Foreign Service officer who doubled as a CIA agent wrote a novel disguising a climactic espionage encounter that took place in Istanbul, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595156193
• ISBN13: 9780595156191
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

He Got it Right

It's rare in a spy/adventure novel that a male author gets his female lead character right, but Mr. Joyce made Suzan Lokman as real as any fiction heroine can be.Loved this book! Makes me want to visit Turkey. Who has the movie rights? Can I be the casting director, please?

Summer spy novel for the book club

Our book club selected Both Hunter and Hunted as a light summer read (of course, there's neither light nor summer in San Francisco). It's a bit off the usual type for us, but this spy novel was appreciated by the group as a refreshing change. The characters are realistic and engaging -- even when not necessarily admirable. The principal character and narrator reflects a combination of unabashed ego and awkward humility that rang true as a genuine and complex personality. One example is the narrator's generous use of sexual imagery (who knew about brushing ones teeth?) while demurely cutting away from actual love scenes ("...and he tasted the sea on her lips."). While we most enjoyed the character development, the rather intricate plot also makes for fun, with at least one surprise twist that genuinely surprised the whole (jaded) lot of us.

Looking forward to the movie!

Both Hunter and Hunted was recommended to me by a friend as a cold war adventure. Forget cold war - to my delight this novel is also a very WARM adventure story filled with romance and travel. I loved the imagery on page one - where the central character (the book is told in the first person) described that he "poked around in the crumbs of my thoughts for nourishment". Thank you, Mr. Joyce. I can't wait for the movie - scenes of Istanbul, possibly Anthony Hopkins in the starring role...how can it miss? Five stars!!!

Awaiting the Film Version

This book was recommended by a friend, and I found it wonderfully entertaining. It has made me put Turkey on my "to visit" list to see the sights Mr. Joyce describes, and I am awaiting the film version of this intriguing story.

both hunter and hunted

A really entertaining and absorbing yarn written in the tradition of the time period it references. Particularly interesting considering the author's personal history in the foreign service, one can reasonably assume that a good much of the story is based on actual experiences. It moves fast and the characters are accessible, straightforward and tongue-in-cheek in their rendering. Fun, fast book. Highly recommended!!