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Finished reading: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes πŸ“š

Engaging spy thriller in the post-9/11 world, with a good helping of the assumptions and politics from that time. So, be aware of that, I guess. This is not my usual kind of book - spy thrillers tend to be all about Male Heroism! and Complex Political Machinations! and Sweeping Historical/Cultural Generalizations! and Some Extraneous Violence, Often Torture, for Good Measure! and this one did, indeed, have all those elements. But it’s also just good storytelling and the way the book is laid out you get all these excellent individual stories that come together (too neatly? Sure. But come on. That’s kind of the point) in one big story. I enjoyed it.

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