rmardel's review against another edition
4.0
A very good serious espionage novel. The protagonist is very compelling and complex, both shockingly cold and brutish at times and others almost sympathetic, definitely a character with hidden surfaces, one I would like to get to know better in other books. The pace of the book was good, it is obviously well researched, with a good sense of the time period but the author does not feel the need to bore the reader by dragging in too much background in order to applaud his effort. Very good.
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