{"id":21473,"date":"2023-01-24T16:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21473"},"modified":"2024-01-21T10:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T15:48:43","slug":"the-secret-adversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21473","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Adversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Secret Adversary<\/a><\/em> (1922) Agatha Christie<\/a> (Tommy & Tuppence)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The Great War is over, but things aren’t easy for those who served.<\/p>\n

I went out to France again, as you know. Then they sent me to Mesopotamia, and I got wounded for the second time, and went into hospital out there. Then I got stuck in Egypt till the Armistice happened, kicked my heels there some time longer, and, as I told you, finally got demobbed. And, for ten long, weary months I’ve been job hunting! There aren’t any jobs! And, if there were, they wouldn’t give ’em to me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tuppence’s hostel was situated in what was charitably called Southern Belgravia. For reasons of economy she did not take a bus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Searching for something to do–and some way to make money, Tommy and Tuppence decide to form The Young Adventurers, Ltd.! and immediately stumble upon a case.<\/p>\n

It isn’t what they expect, but they do get adventure.<\/p>\n

I probably read this, but don’t remember much of it.<\/p>\n

I especially noted things relating to the Great War I’d recently read.<\/p>\n

I had been studying French, and my teacher said they were wanting help in a hospital in Paris.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suggest that you should represent yourself to be what you are, a former V.A.D., who has chosen domestic service as a profession.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was her second book and I think she was still working out the kinks in her story telling, but it was an adventure.<\/p>\n

Rating: 5.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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