Thursday, September 27, 2018

Fiction Review: Red, White, Blue

My review of the unique novel Red, White, Blue by Lea Carpenter was published recently on Shelf Awareness. You can read the full review at the link.

Although the novel is about a CIA spy, it is not your typical spy thriller. Instead, it is a quiet look into the inner life of a recently deceased CIA operative, as seen through the eyes of his adult daughter - who had no idea he worked for the CIA - and also from the perspective of one of his colleagues. The novel is written with very short (sometimes just a half page) chapters that alternate between those two points of view, as the agent's life is slowly revealed. You can read my full review on Shelf Awareness.

320 pages, Knopf

4 comments:

  1. This sounds very different Sue. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. It was different, Diane - an unusual narrative style but it grew on me.

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  2. How interesting to have a spy novel that isn't really a spay novel; it sounds like more of a character study.

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    1. Yes! That's a good way to put it, Helen.

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