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Shake Off (2012)

by Mischa Hiller(Favorite Author)
3.66 of 5 Votes: 4
ISBN
031620420X (ISBN13: 9780316204200)
languge
English
publisher
Mulholland Books
review 1: I picked this up after reading Malcolm Gladwell's glowing recommendation in the New Yorker. I don't want to say much here since I wouldn't want to give away any spoilers. I thought it was well written and a worthwhile read. Here's the book description I found on Amazon: An internationally acclaimed thriller of love, espionage and subterfuge, in which Middle East meets West with dangerous consequences.
review 2: This is a really entertaining spy story, set in the late 1980's. It's told written from the perspective of Michel, a Palestinian who is orphaned in the 1982 attacks on the refugee camps in Beirut. Michel is taken in by a Lebanese family and then a mysterious "uncle" who proceeds to train him to be a spy. He thinks he is working for the PLO but his w
... moreorld changes when his "uncle" is gunned down in Berlin. After that happens, Michel is chased throughout Europe by Mossad agents and eventually he ends up in Scotland. It's an exciting story with a (surprisingly) happy ending. less
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Jenn
Great example of the genre, following in the footsteps of John Le Carre and Graham Greene.
awalker43910
Really enjoy the main character, to bad the story does not lend it's self to a sequel.
Nick
A thriller with a good character...complex and involving
Arielle
Good! (To be reviewed for Shelf Awareness soon)
veronique
Read for work.
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