Ilium

by Lea Carpenter

Knopf/ PRH

Jan 2024

    This is a slow-moving, suspenseful story of a young woman coming to know herself and the husband she fell in love with, precipitously married, and the world of espionage the marriage brought her into.

    It is slow because the narrator is thoughtful and observant of the different kinds of people involved in this world, of their personalities, philosophies, loyalties and affections.

    This is a very satisfying look into a world we don't really want to encounter outside fiction.

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