This is so far removed from my life and, I would suggest, many others that this, along with the dispassionate writing made it difficult (well impossible for me) to relate to or identify with any of the characters. The other thing that struck was the tone of the writing was very dispassionate, where was the emotion? Also the main characters were in the glitterati, the jet set, filthy rich and happy to flaunt it. It’s a spy story so I expected some twists, a convoluted story perhaps and I really love that stuff but it got so knotty at times I struggled to follow it once we got into the nitty gritty.
It started very slow, in fact the pace was never that fast. From neutral Switzerland to the aristocratic salons of Paris to bombed-out Berlin, Scott ingratiates some and offends more. How can he get back to the life that he and Desirée had envisioned? When all else fails, blackmail is the answer.Ī Spy with Scruples plunges readers into the complicated political world of Cold War Europe. Scott’s remarkable scores on the tests attract the attention of the CIA, and Scott, much to his dismay, becomes part of their world of intrigue and deceit. Desirée, the former French countess who is already three months pregnant, doesn’t understand why her new husband, an American, must traipse off to some military base in Germany to be tested. In July of 1964, after marrying in Paris, Desirée and Scott Stoddard are honeymooning in the South of France when their idyll is interrupted by a notice from Scott’s draft board advising him that his status is being reviewed.
The unintended consequences of acing a test.
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