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Jun 02, 2014
KOMET
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it was amazing
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I finished reading "THE WHITEHALL MANDARIN" this afternoon. What can I say? The ending was totally unexpected and yet, strangely appropriate given the deceit and treachery carried out by some of the main characters in the novel. One of whom was from the upper-crust of British society and occupied a very powerful position in the British government of that time. (We are talking about the mid to late 1960s.)
Again the author Edward Wilson mixed in both fiction and historical facts so well that it w ...more
Again the author Edward Wilson mixed in both fiction and historical facts so well that it w ...more
Wilson amps up the espionage in this third book of his Cold war series featuring ex-SOE agent William Catesby. My favorite part of the novel starts in the second half when Catesby is sent to Viet Nam, 1967, in order to track down and question someone of extreme importance. The writing in this particular section is very good, and has a "Heart of Darkness" feel. There is a very surprising link/character to his earlier book "A River in May".
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May 15, 2014
Allen
marked it as to-read
