Picked up from the
“new books” shelf in the Library despite its publication back in
2008.
Cumming
is a writer is same school as Le Carré – the strength of the
characters is what carries the plot, the ability to create worlds
within worlds – layering the secrets one upon the other meaning
that you are drawn forward seeking the full picture, each revelation
pointing to the limits of knowledge. Questions about who is
manipulating who abound, that one persons motives might be being used
by another to completely different ends. As with Le Carré while
creating a fiction there is an intense plausibility to the set up –
he can believe that this is a tale only one step removed from
reality.
To
note that this was a great holiday read is not to disparage the
quality of the writing – I will be looking out for his other novels
now.
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