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I just finished reading this a few minutes ago, and as someone wrote, it is devastating- supremely, utterly magnificently devastating and I feel richer for it. What a work of art! The writing is beautiful and The narratorial voice reminiscent of The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass) weaved with such remarkable genius. I am completely floored and I can’t recommend this enough!
Somewhere there's a joke about the fact that I read this while the guinea pig secret agent film "G Force" was playing on the deck of the cruise ship, but I can't find it right now. That said, a fascinating read - showing a spy from the angles of his family, his handlers, his contacts, and his friends breaks open the genre in a really interesting way. And the ending is both note-perfect and a corker.
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Excellent! In a month where I have literally had maybe 15 minutes a day to read, I still couldn't put this down!
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