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A review by camille_catterpillar
Basil's War by Stephen Hunter
2.0
From the 2021 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: "48. A book chosen at random from your TBR"
2.5 - it was all right, not bad, entertaining.
Spy fiction! An old favourite that I don't read much anymore (recent reads in the genre include [b:Slow Horses|7929891|Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)|Mick Herron|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1410800211l/7929891._SY75_.jpg|11252875] and [b:East of Hounslow|46060889|East of Hounslow (Jay Qasim #1)|Khurrum Rahman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1559214159l/46060889._SY75_.jpg|57223363])
Basil's War, rather than the modern spy fiction I mentioned above, is both set in the 1940s and a nudge to the pulpy spy fiction of the time. In that way, it could be considered satirical, as the tone is rather light and humorous, sometimes even a bit downright silly.
All in all very entertaining, but somewhat limited, in the spirit of, again, the pulpy action fiction of the time.
2.5 - it was all right, not bad, entertaining.
Spy fiction! An old favourite that I don't read much anymore (recent reads in the genre include [b:Slow Horses|7929891|Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)|Mick Herron|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1410800211l/7929891._SY75_.jpg|11252875] and [b:East of Hounslow|46060889|East of Hounslow (Jay Qasim #1)|Khurrum Rahman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1559214159l/46060889._SY75_.jpg|57223363])
Basil's War, rather than the modern spy fiction I mentioned above, is both set in the 1940s and a nudge to the pulpy spy fiction of the time. In that way, it could be considered satirical, as the tone is rather light and humorous, sometimes even a bit downright silly.
All in all very entertaining, but somewhat limited, in the spirit of, again, the pulpy action fiction of the time.