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Thriller

The Gray Man

2014400 pagesThriller
Mood
Tense, Adventurous
Protagonist
Male former CIA operative, third-person
Parental Rating
R
Pace
Brisk

Themes & atmosphere

Common questions

What you might want to know about The Gray Man

The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.

Court Gentry, code-named the Gray Man, is a former CIA officer who works as a freelance assassin out of a Geneva safe house. After a hit on a Nigerian oil minister's brother, every team in his old agency and a French private army are sent to kill him on a run across Europe.

Mark Greaney has written more than 13 Gray Man novels and continues the series. New volumes typically release annually.

Yes. Netflix released a 2022 film adaptation directed by the Russo brothers and starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. A sequel film has been announced.

The Gray Man was written by Mark Greaney, published in 2012 by Jove.

The Gray Man is 400 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.

At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Gray Man takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.

The Gray Man is a standalone novel by Mark Greaney, not part of a series.

The Gray Man is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.

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