Title: "Intrigue"ing!
Review: Flush with his early successes (in my opinion including most notably his immortal Exodus) Leon Uris responded to the popularity of then new James Bond movies with this tale of intrigue.Featuring the daper Andre Deveraux, essentially a French James Bond, Uris simultaneously told the story of the Cuban missile crisis and also Deveraux's battle with secret Communist elements in the French government.Like his James Bond doppleganger Deveraux goes to exotic places to engage in espionage. And like his James Bond doppleganger Deveraux performs his job taking frequent breaks to "love the lovely ladies."For my part the strength of this book isn't so much in when it's telling Deveraux's story (though that part of course is fun), it's more interesting with it's supposed B stories including the story of a prominent Russian defector and his family.If you only read one Leon Uris book you should probably read either Exodus or maybe even The Haj but this one is still fun and worth the read.
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