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Greenmantle by John Buchan
3.0
What is perhaps most extraordinary about this book is when it was published - 1916
This is a spy novel - complete with aliases, fake passports and other forgeries, costume changes and disguises, violent/heartless villains, narrow escapes, rooftop chases, an international cast of heroes banded together (each with their own unique skillset, of course), last second victory in the face of defeat... Buchan writes with an efficient, unpretentious style (with a few deadpan jokes as well), and turns a bit - though JUST a bit - introspective and poetic there at the end.
TLDR - "Mission: Impossible - World War I" is a fun, albeit fairly superficial read
This is a spy novel - complete with aliases, fake passports and other forgeries, costume changes and disguises, violent/heartless villains, narrow escapes, rooftop chases, an international cast of heroes banded together (each with their own unique skillset, of course), last second victory in the face of defeat... Buchan writes with an efficient, unpretentious style (with a few deadpan jokes as well), and turns a bit - though JUST a bit - introspective and poetic there at the end.
TLDR - "Mission: Impossible - World War I" is a fun, albeit fairly superficial read