![]() ![]() However, for reasons that are not really clearly explained, she eventually becomes a spy herself and sort of bungles the job while she’s at it. Transcription is set in 1940s London and follows the adventures of an 18-year-old woman named Julie Armstrong, who is recruited by British spy agency MI5 to type transcripts of conversations held between Nazi sympathizers in England and a double agent. ![]() And the book does work to a degree as a sort of semi-comedic thriller at times. What’s more, Atkinson is a capable writer who is able to keep all sort of plot threads hanging together. ![]() (I haven’t read any other review, to keep my own reviewing taint-free.) I will concede that it is generally well written - if you can overlook the fact that Atkinson loves making tons of parenthetical statements that distract the reader to the point of wanting to throw the book across the room. I’ll get into those reasons, but I also have to admit that this book will probably have its supporters. And I have to admit that this book simply wasn’t my cup of tea for a number of reasons. Alas, it still sits unread, but when Atkinson’s new novel Transcription - a bit of a World War II espionage thriller - came up, I was eager to read it. That book got an extraordinary amount of praise from the book publications that I read at the time, which made me interested in it. ![]() One of the books that I have on my Kindle, waiting to be read, is Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life. ![]()
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