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Book Review: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Book Review: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Man of la BookJanuary 16, 2019

A Pulitzer Prize winning historical fiction taking place in 1975, Viet Nam of a man who, after college in the US, goes back to Vietnam to fight the communists.

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Book Review: Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
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Book Review: Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis

Man of la BookDecember 12, 2018

Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy creates a nerve wrecking narrative, filled with excitement and heroism.

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Book Review: Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera
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Book Review: Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera

Man of la BookOctober 31, 2018

I never thought I’d enjoy a book about pigeons. A thrilling book about an oddball corner of history including brave citizens, and creative intelligence officers

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Book Review: Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall
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Book Review: Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall

Man of la BookOctober 3, 2018

Best of Enemies is a non-fiction book which narrates the relationship between KGB officer Gennady Semyovich Vasilenko and legendary CIA officer Jack Platt

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Book Review: Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord
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Book Review: Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord

Man of la BookAugust 22, 2018

Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord is a novel, imagining the famous Captain Ahab coming back from, what thought to have been, his last sail

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Book Review: The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer
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Book Review: The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer

Man of la BookJuly 11, 2018

The first thing I noticed, right off when starting to read The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer, is that it is absolutely believable and well written

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Book Review: Octopussy and The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming

Man of la BookJune 27, 2017

I simply feel that the James Bond series should have gotten a much stronger finish than two short stories and two outlines for short stories.

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Giveaway (Over): Bai Tide by Erika Mitchell
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Giveaway (Over): Bai Tide by Erika Mitchell

Man of la BookApril 20, 2017

Bai Tide is a light, fast read with loveable characters and exploit

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Book Review: Bai Tide by Erika Mitchell
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Book Review: Bai Tide by Erika Mitchell

Man of la BookJanuary 24, 2017

Bai Tide is a light, fast read with loveable characters and exploit

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Book Review: The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins

Man of la BookNovember 27, 2013

In a meeting or the German high command, Hitler orders the head of the Abwehr, Admiral Canaris, to make a feasibility study to capture British Prime minister Winston Churchill.

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