Customer Reviews

Spyworld

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

There is definitely a lot of interesting information in this book (that's why I gave it 4 stars), unfortunately it isn't written very well. Much of the problem stems from the fact that the narrative is from the perspective of someone else recounting Mike Frost's story, and it comes across a little shallow. But the book suffers from more than just poor writing - their is also a stream of hypocrisy running all the way through it. Essentially, Mike Frost says that he chose to be a spy and had no issue with spying on Russians, or any other "bad" country. He then goes on to say that he was very uncomfortable spying on Canadians, but did it anyway. At no point does he ever point out that he could have walked away.

Over all, the book has quite a lot of interesting information about Canada's involvement in cold war spying. Unfortunately, the book sounds so whiny that you're never sure exactly what is true.

The jealousy and immature opinions from some of our northern cousins never fails to amaze me. This book is about an acholholic Canadian agent that gets canned. I found it quite boring and what came across to me was a constant whine from the author. In short it was a drag and not recomended. A boring non fiction spy story. That in and of itself is an unusual literary achievement.