This last Moto novel got some good reviews but I found it dull. Like most of the others it's about an American guy and girl in a foreign country, with Moto running in and out of the story. Unlike the others the American isn't an innocent or a newbie spy he's a professional spy - a particularly dull chap, who has a dull romance with his girl, Ruth. There's far too much chat between these two (philosophical and dreary as opposed to sexy) and not enough action/suspense.
There's some good baddies, excellent description of Japan after the war, and a decent ending because Ruth is kidnapped and killed instead of being rescued.
It feels very different to the movie of the same name, which had no Moto.
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