World Pacific
An elaborately structured book full of sharp twists and false bottoms ... Mann adds fresh layers of intrigue ... A busy book ... Mann ensures that its key elements compel. The tortuous narrative is satisfyingly thick with deceits and betrayals ... At once thrilling and comic, Mann’s novel is a rollicking ride.
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Fantastic, fanciful and often extremely funny ... The writing...feels wonderfully inventive, often playing with clichés of the period and then elevating them through Dicky’s individual voice and upbeat, foolish optimism ... A spy thriller of ingenious quality.
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Far removed from the staid worlds of most historical fiction, this is a wonderfully comic, gripping, and intriguing novel—like All the Light We Cannot See (2014), but with a wry, macabre humor—following three hugely different, yet brilliantly developed characters.
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