CIA secrets and lies

This is the kind of novel that mocks the give-it-10-pages, I-need-to-begrabbed-because-life-is-too-short school of reading. I confess: I was confused, bewildered, lost. The shape of the narrative only really began to declare itself around page 90. But then … oh, what an engaging education Harsh Times turned out to be, and how I came to look forward to my time in its company.

I should not have doubted a master. Now