The Miernik Dossier, McCarry - B +

                                                This is the actual first novel published by the author I recently discovered and posted about earlier this month. This one is absolutely great, and now I understand the references to LeCarre. There is so much duplicity that it's hard to follow the story. The book is in  a dossier format; it's a transcript being reviewed by the Committee consisting of reports by an American agent as well as  inputs from the British, Soviet, French,  and Sudanese agencies that partook in the attempt to subvert the efforts of the Anointed Liberation Front. It is set in 1959, and for those who believe history rhymes or repeats itself, here is the proof. We, of course, have our fingers everywhere. The British and French are interested, but peripheral, and the Russians are hip deep in sponsoring the bad guys. The scene is the Sudan; the story feels like it is from today's news, not  from sixty years ago. I suspect I will read more of McCarry's offerings.