![]() ![]() marks the debut of an immensely talented writer who's refreshingly unafraid to take risks, and has the skills to make those risks pay off. Above all, it's just so much fun to read. American Spy works on so many levels - it's an expertly written spy thriller as well as a deeply intelligent literary novel that tackles issues of politics, race and gender in a way that's never even close to being heavy-handed or didactic. Wilkinson doesn't shy away from the moral ambiguity of American adventurism in the 1980s, and neither does her unforgettable narrator. But Wilkinson handles the several threads in the novel deftly, and she has a real gift for pacing - never once does the book flag or get bogged down, and it's never needlessly complex or confusing. Wilkinson packs a lot of plot into American Spy. ![]() ![]() American Spy is a beautifully paced spy thriller as well as a promising debut from a writer who's not content to rely on the settled tropes of any literary genre. First novel starts off with a literal bang, and never once lets up. ![]()
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