2022/46: Dreaming Spies -- Laurie R. King

2022/46: Dreaming Spies -- Laurie R. King

‘Allowing the world to think I am a character in some stories is the only way to obtain a degree of freedom. Fame is a sword with two edges: it permits a man to cut through the inconveniences of bureaucracy, but it also threatens to open one’s life to the world. [p. 146]

I enjoyed this rather more than Garment of Shadows, perhaps because much of it is set in Imperial Japan, a location I found fascinating. ( Read more... )