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Serpentine

De: Thomas Thompson
Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
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There was no pattern to the murders, no common thread other than the fact that the victims were all vacationers, robbed of their possessions, and slain in seemingly random crimes. Authorities across three continents and a dozen nations had no idea they were all looking for the same man: Charles Sobhraj, aka "The Serpent".

A handsome Frenchman of Vietnamese and Indian origin, Sobhraj targeted backpackers on the "hippie trail" between Europe and South Asia. A master of deception, he used his powerful intellect and considerable sex appeal to lure naive travelers into a life of crime. When they threatened to turn on him, Sobhraj murdered his acolytes in cold blood.

Between late 1975 and early 1976, a dozen corpses were found everywhere from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of the Himalayas to the back alleys of Bangkok and Hong Kong. Some police experts believe the true number of Sobhraj's victims may be more than twice that amount.

Serpentine is the "[G]rotesque, baffling, and hypnotic" true story of one of the most bizarre killing sprees in modern history (San Francisco Chronicle). Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Thompson's mesmerizing portrait of a notorious sociopath and his helpless prey "[U]nravels like fiction, but afterwards haunts the reader like the document it is" (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland).

©1979 Thomas Thompson (P)2018 Tantor Asesinos Seriales Asia Ciencias Sociales Criminología Crímenes Reales Homicidio Sudeste de Asia Crimen China Emocionante

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Was a facinating listening. I thought it was fiction at first, and then realised this was based on real people/events.

real storry that seems like fiction

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lol this book got my daughter into Audible. I read the book as a kid (!) and it’s just as crazy and fascinating as I remember. The reader is very neutral but he really grew on me and I loved all about it. Highly recommend

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What a great read - I had to read most of the book though as the audible version was just terrible - the book itself - with all the narrations and well researched background of all the different people who came across Charles Sobhraj and especially also the wonderful descriptions of all the places made me feel like I was traveling truly the world again. I enjoyed this book tremendously even though of course the subject matter is very dark. But I don't understand Audible or whoever is in charge to choose narrators - the squeezed voice and poor performance of the narrator made it very hard to listen to. Such a pity!

Fantastic book - horrible narration

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This is one long book. Overall I liked it but it was way too long.
If you want to know what became of the title character do a Google search.
The ending was rather abrupt so I followed up on my own.
I thought the narrator did a fine job.

Good but Exhausting

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Took a minute to get past the narrator’s voice- reminded me of David Cross as Tobias Funke. Couldn’t put it down once I was engrossed with the story. Well written, and compelling.

Gripping story

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Don’t get me wrong, the book is good—but it’s 26 hours long and could have really benefited from a good paring down.

I had some pretty significant heartburn over Thompson’s accounting for thoughts, opinions, etc from the 70s. I know he was well researched, but there are some details that simply had to be supposition presented as fact.

In the grand scheme of things, the book is worth a listen just to learn about Sobranj (SP?), but a good editor would’ve really done wonders for the tome.

Chamberlain’s narration was decent but not compelling.

Captivating story bogged down by relentless detail

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If you mostly read comic books and bumper stickers - you’ll probably find this too complex and too long. But if you IQ breaks the middle double digits, you shouldn’t have a problem keeping up.

I can’t believe I never heard of this guy before - what a scam artist. The book is really well written and the time period really comes through. A very interesting story, and I loved the writing style.

Remarkable story - great setting.

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He could have made better decisions in life, which we can all relate to in one way or another.


There seemed to be some victim shaming when describing at least one of the women with the free love of the time, maybe it was just how the narrator sounded when reading it, I'm not sure.

Charles was dealt a bad hand from birth that he continued to make worse.

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I listen to quite a few audible books. I'm normally not all that fussy with narrators but this book needed one with significantly more voice acting skills.

Good Story / Weak Narration

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This story is unreal and I kept pausing the book to do research because it all sounds too strange to be true. Didn’t love the narrator at first but he grew on me after the first few chapters. This book kept me hooked until the very end.

This story is unbelievable but true

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