A review by josisteacup
Das Attentat by Graham Greene

Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
The book sounded interesting and I've already read "Our Man in Havana", so I thought this would be a good one too.  I like political and espionage thrillers, but this clearly falls into the "battered, tortured and woman-hating protagonist has an incredibly difficult time" category and neither the subject matter nor the writing style compensates for it (like, for example, "The Spy Who Came from the Cold" by John Le Carré). Doesn't hallo that Raven as a name is overused in edgy late 00/early 10s fanfiction so i had a hard time taking him serious. 
The book clearly a product of it's time and maybe I should pick up Greenes later books.
All in all, I didn't like the part I read and I doubt I'll try it again.
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