

Espionage is at its best in this dual time line novel (1944; 1962). Celia (1962) lives in Southwark, a district in Central London.The specter of Nuclear annihilation & war is a political reality,one she & a friend attend rallies in protest. She works at to her,a dead end job at a nearby Antiquarian bookstore. She yearns for more: an education,a real career, a flat of her own.One day she meets an American at the shop who works at the UK Embassy ⬇️