A review by clambook
Jack of Spies by David Downing

2.0

Big disappointment. The writing is flat, characters not fully drawn. Felt like I was coming in late at the movie - Chapter 1 reads like Chapter 6, and from there the narrative just plods along, reading at times more like a walking tour of various cities than a historical thriller. Not many thrills, and even the history is weak - little attempt to draw the contexts of revolutionary China or Mexico, or the Irish-Indian-German pre WWI flirtations.