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Portrait of a Spy (Gabriel Allon, #11)
by Daniel Silva
by Daniel Silva
Richard's review
Aug 08, 11
Recommended to Richard by:
I read all Mr. Silva's work.
Recommended for:
Anyone interested in global politics, spies, terrorism, mysteries to be solved.
Read from August 04 to 07, 2011, read count: 1
This is a very interesting tale that is so typical of the genre: people rushing from hemisphere to hemisphere on private jet planes; nobody is who they seem to be and they change identities at a moments' notice; spies catching spies; vast sums of money spread from bank to bank. However, there are parts to this that are truly chilling.
For instance, the major billionaire spy describing her best friends "honor killing"; her arrival in Saudi Arabia from her base in France and the transformation she must undergo to become an "invisible" female; and the danger she comes under in the Muslim countries as a Westernized woman; the tightrope she must walk as she continues her father's business with many of his staff who do not believe she should be in such a position of power.
For instance, the major billionaire spy describing her best friends "honor killing"; her arrival in Saudi Arabia from her base in France and the transformation she must undergo to become an "invisible" female; and the danger she comes under in the Muslim countries as a Westernized woman; the tightrope she must walk as she continues her father's business with many of his staff who do not believe she should be in such a position of power.
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