Gabriel’s Moon
Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd Saw the title in a bookstore. thought about it. I recognized the author’s name from a novel I read years ago, maybe decades back? I think he’s a British novelist, not that it matters? Picked it up.
“Who was it who said that one of the consolations of ageing was seeing how the children of your friends turned out?” Page 16.
Nothing to do with anything, but true. So true.
From an idle memory, the story unfolds in a spy/thriller from days of yesteryear.
“He reminded himself of the famous quotation in which, given the option of betraying your country or your friend, you would hope to – how did it go? – ‘have the guts to betray my country’.” Page 148.
Does bring up a good point, country or family?
Gabriel’s Moon
The protagonist is a travel writer swept into intrigue and various geopolitical themes. Set mostly along a timeline from before — and during — the Cuban Missile Crisis — the novel affords a different look at some of the vents, as seen through the eyes of a very British novelist.
In terms of what is happening, even now? Makes for an interesting story.
Plays a little with espionage, counter-espionage, the audacity of the Americans, and the various “secret services,” in pure fiction.
Gabriel’s Moon
Nuanced, light, yet substantial with a full-bodied plot to keep it interesting.
