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Don’t Mean to Spy

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

September 24, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

I’ve tried Rachel Kushner’s books before but they’re a little over my head. However, I’m on a spy kick and it just so happens that her new one is a critically acclaimed spy novel and, while knowing it would still be different from the usual pulpy thrill of typical espionage fare, I decided to try it. The cool thing about writing espionage is that we all desire to lead secret lives and espionage fiction allows us to explore that. The sad necessity of hiding human […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Creation Lake, espionage, Fiction, Literature, rachel kushner

Jake's CBR16 Review No:133 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Creation Lake, espionage, Fiction, Literature, rachel kushner ·
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