The girl who fell from the sky
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Marian Sutro is an outsider: the daughter of a diplomat, brought up on the shores of Lake Geneva and in England, half French, half British, naive yet too clever for her own good. But when she is recruited from her desk job by SOE to go undercover in wartime France, it seems her hybrid status, and fluent French, will be of service to a greater, more dangerous cause.
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Just scrapes in as a 3 rather than a 2.
Cover blurb comparisons with Le Carre (certainly early Le Carre) seem off the mark.
For the most part, I struggled to believe in Marian.
It is an extremely engaging literary historical thriller. I found it an exciting book right down to the very last page and I didn't want it to end - it is a thrilling, thought provoking and fast-paced. Which I read with a quickened heartbeat!
This is a very well-written, sophisticated and totally absorbing novel, where Simon Mawer has created realistic characters and has cleverly used a blend of fact and fiction to make his tale both exciting and very believable.
Simon Mawer really sets a scene well, he conveys the mood and atmosphere of the Second World War, and I could frequently feel the tension whilst reading. He has created compelling characters and a memorable adventure story which pulled me in; I cared deeply about what would happen to Marion, after what she had been through, she has such guts and courage, and yet is so vulnerable. The prose is beautiful, and I was very moved by this story. This is one book that I will remember for a long time.
This is definitely one of my books of the year so far.
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