muninnherself 's review for:

The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth

4.75

adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'd never read this before or seen the film so I had no idea what it was about - although the SS insignia on the cover of my copy was a hint. It's an extremely tense read and quite fascinating, it's weird to remember how loads of the post-war 'ex-Nazis' were... not that old when I was born. (I knew this obviously, but still odd.) Anyway there's a surprising amount of driving in this  (!) and also it reminds you how 'men' and 'women' were written in spy thrillers of the sixties and seventies.