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'Wonderful' The New York Times

Charlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous 'theatre of the real'. As she acts out her part in an intricate, high-stakes plot to…

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1 author picked The Little Drummer Girl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love the plotting of this book and its murky ethics.

Set in the world of spies in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, it deals with a scenario in which everyone has right and wrong on their side and everyone is deceiving everyone else—not least the protagonist who is an actress set to seduce and betray a terrorist.

It is a world I can identify with.

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