Here’s a round-up of some of the books the FM has discovered recently. Orde Wingate: Irregular Soldier by Trevor Royle The deal … A biography of probably the most mysterious soldier of World War 2. Wingate led guerilla wars in Ethiopia and Burma. Brave, insubordinate and often cruel towards his own men, he was admired and loathed in equal measure. His death in 1944 in an aircraft crash in the jungle of Burma contributed to his mystique. Read this if you like … a book that’s thorough in its research and told with admirable dispassion. Archie Henderson
Dead Lions by Mick Herron The deal … The writing in Herron’s first work, Slow Horses, was slow too, but once you get to know the author’s bizarre characters (dropouts from MI5 who operate in a place called Slough House, hence the first book’s title) you begin to catch the jokes. The pace quickens in Dead Lions, and the book is an improvement on Slow Horses. Read this if you like … your spy stories with a touch of the ridiculous, t...
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