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Gabriela Trofin-Tatár's avatar

I will look for this book, I haven’t read espionage nonfiction and I think I will like it a lot, especially since Macintynte seems to have a great writing style.

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Jan Harayda's avatar

Thanks, Gabby. I almost called this post something like: A Thriller for People Who Don’t Read Thrillers, because in fiction, they’re not my favorite genre.

But “The Siege” was a great nonfiction story, the kind of book I do like. I keep thinking about that gerbil at the Montessori school racing around its wheel as gunfire raged during the hostage rescue!

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Flora M Davis's avatar

Great review! I especially loved "the sublimely named town of Barking."

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Jan Harayda's avatar

Thanks, Flora. That name is so rich in possibilities!

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