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Review by Chrissi (310316) Rating (8/10) Review
by Chrissi On her arrival, she thinks that she sees a boy calling down sparrows and killing them, a pile of feathered corpses at his feet. It would appear to be wrong but something calls to her, to go and also let go, to die and be free. Her relationship with this man-child is pivotal in the story, and threatens any form of sanity that she has achieved. Robyn reaches out to her friend Mariam, a female journalist whom she met in therapy over a shared love of a region in the Lebanon, whose investigative skills have recently won her a position with a whistle blower web-zine. Mariam finds herself with documentation from an American whistle blower about clandestine research and military operations in the Middle East and little by little, she realises that this is bigger than she anticipated and may be of great danger to both of them. This is one of those books that has a somewhat visceral effect on you after having read it, the imagery is so vivid and real. It has the best bits of a good thriller, the tension, a plausible conspiracy, the rather pantomime shouting at our heroine that it might be behind her, and the looming sense of threat. I really enjoyed this, it reads well, the plot is tight and well written, it so deserves a chance to be read and enjoyed by a wide audience. |
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