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Trapeze (Marian Sutro, #1)

Simon Mawer

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Jul 15, 2013 Mary rated it really liked it

Barely out of school and doing her bit for the British war effort, Marian Sutro has one quality that makes her stand out - she is a native French speaker. It is this that attracts the attention of the SOE, the Special Operations Executive, which trains agents to operate in occupied Europe. Drawn into this strange, secret world at the age of nineteen, she finds herself undergoing commando training, attending a "school for spies," and ultimately, one autumn night, parachuting into France from an R ...more

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May 30, 2012 Madeleine rated it liked it

Shelves: books-for-hipsters, smart-nonannoying-entertaining

This was ok+.

I loved the first half or so -- reminiscent of Mr Churchill's Secretary, but with slightly better writing and more depth. Vaguely reminiscent of Becoming Clementine, with *much* better writing and much less ridiculousness. Then everything sort of tapered out somehow, and I was left feeling like I'd read yet another spy novel where nothing actually happens.

I'm kind of scratching my head about that reaction, as a lot actually *does* happen in the last third of the book. Including quit ...more

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