After watching the movie, Three Days of the Condor, I was curious about the novel and where the other three days went.
Malcolm goes out for lunch and comes back to find his whole CIA group has been murdered. He goes on the run and basically takes a woman hostage. She ends up falling in love with him and helping him. There are double agents, but Malcolm has no idea where they are or what to do. His department was just reading books and looking for patterns.
The first part of this book was a mini autobiography of the author and his journey getting this book published. I thought that was really interesting. I started to wonder if it would be more interesting than the book itself.
It wasn't quite better, though. It might have something to do with the fact that this book is so short. At 192 pages, you wouldn't think it would have time to waste on sex scenes or describing strep throat symptoms, but you'd be wrong. The sex scenes weren't overly long, though, thank goodness. Just weird. I did find out what happened in those other three days - he was in bed. For the above stated reasons.
The action was pretty good. There were a few times when I wasn't sure if I was supposed to know who someone was. When an unfamiliar name would pop up, I'd wonder if I was supposed to already know who it was or if it was a reveal. I'll lay that blame on me and my memory. The book ending a bit abruptly, but it still gets a Good Book! review. I still think the autobiography at the beginning is almost just as interesting, though!