This is an emotional read about likeable people and I raced through it ... a fascinating meditation on change and the importance of taking responsibility for one's happiness.

The author deals with gritty issues in a fun, light-hearted writing style that makes her books such a pleasure to read

The author deals with gritty issues on a fun, light-hearted writing style that makes her books always such a pleasure to read

In this short, skillful book we enter those disparate worlds Greene has made his own - the England of Brighton Rock and the exotic Central American territories in which his restless talent has so often roamed

A rattling good yarn. Under the spur of Greene's sharp, light touch, its narrative gallops along. Opening with a chase across a playground, rapidly followed by an abduction, it nimbly twists and turns through a maze of imposture, jewel robbery and fleeings from the law before leaping overseas for a final burst of international espionage, weapon-smuggling, freedom fighting and political murder

Purely enjoyable...a small miracle of construction