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Here's another recent read. . .Greyhound By C. S. ForesterThough promoted as 'Greyhound' on account of the film title, this is in fact Forester's 'The Good Shepherd' - a title actually a lot more descriptive of the tenor of the novel.Although I was a devoted reader of Forester's Hornblower novels in my teens and read most of his other books, including The Gun, Rifleman Dodd and The African Queen when they came out in movies, I somehow missed The Good Shepherd. When I saw that the Greyhound movie had come out, I watched it and then bought and read the book. I don’t believe I have ever read a book of fiction that kept me so riveted as this one. Forester was good at writing Napoleonic naval history, but even better at writing about WWII with which he was much more familiar, having served as a part of the secret British mission led by William Stevenson (Intrepid) to help generate American support for Great Britain during the war. ... See MoreSee Less