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Alex Marshall is in deep trouble. He s only a student drop out but in the space of two months he s been recruited as an agent by the Soviet, British and U. S secret services; just as the Cuba Crisis is building up to its climax. And all because he s developed a crush on a French girl he has just met in London... This specially formatted ebook version of James Brodie's Debut novel is chapterised for the months of 1962 & 63 during which the first person narrator gets dragged deeper and deeper away from the real world into the enclosed and detached community of international espionage and politics. It s about London, the city; which forms the backdrop to most of the action and informs it. It s a loving appreciation of the London of that time, not just central London but the suburbs, specific locations. It s also about the post-war politics and the ongoing and endless debates of the Left, both in Britain and Europe; and the social and artistic revolution going on in Britain at that time, as seen through the eyes of the protagonists... Alex Marshall is in deep trouble. He s only a student drop out but in the space of two months he s been recruited as an agent by the Soviet, British and U. S secret services; just as the Cuba Crisis is building up to its climax. And all because he s developed a crush on a French girl he has just met in London... This specially formatted ebook version of James Brodie's Debut novel is chapterised for the months of 1962 & 63 during which the first person narrator gets dragged deeper and deeper away from the real world into the enclosed and detached community of international espionage and politics. It s about London, the city; which forms the backdrop to most of the action and informs it. It s a loving appreciation of the London of that time, not just central London but the suburbs, specific locations. It s also about the post-war politics and the ongoing and endless debates of the Left, both in Britain and Europe; and the social and artistic revolution going on in Britain at that time, as seen through the eyes of the protagonists...