Why people recommend it
Slow Horses by Mick Herron is a sharp espionage thriller that follows the MI5 rejects stationed at Slough House. On The Book Review podcast episode titled Amor Towles Sees Dead People, broadcast on July 18, 2024, host Gilbert Cruz and guest Amor Towles discussed the television adaptation and the book series. Gilbert Cruz shared that he had started reading the author after watching the television adaptation on Apple TV and expressed his enthusiasm to get through as many of the books in the series as possible. The conversation highlighted how the screen adaptation successfully drove new readers to the source material, sparking an urgent desire to explore the entire literary catalog of Mick Herron. Both speakers noted the engaging nature of the narrative universe, which centers around sidelined intelligence agents who somehow find themselves entangled in high-stakes security threats despite being relegated to administrative purgatory by their superiors. The discussion underscored the widespread appeal of the espionage stories, cementing the book as a compelling read for fans of modern spy fiction and intricate, character-driven mystery plots alike.
Who recommended it
- Gilbert Cruz Recommended
Gilbert Cruz — 1 mention
“and you have alighted this summer also on someone that I am reading I started reading him after watching the Apple TV series and I can't wait to get through as many of his books as possible who is that what is this book I'm looking at and it was the same thing for me as Mick Haron and what”