Operation Mincemeat
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Operation Mincemeat

by Ben Macintyre

2010•Documentary•416 pages

Taste attributes: documentaryespionagewarhistoricalfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsfighting evil

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Boxlist takeGrounded and intricate: a non-fiction book that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.5 / 5

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About This Book

Ben Macintyre's Agent Zigzag was hailed as "rollicking, spellbinding" (New York Times), "wildly improbable but entirely true" (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, "the best book ever written" (Boston Globe).

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DocumentaryEspionageWarHistoricalSolving the riddle/not as it seemsFighting evil

Subjects

MilitaryNonfictionHistoryGreat britain, royal navy, historyOperation mincemeatDeceptionWorld war, 1939-1945, spainSpain, history

Details

Author
Ben Macintyre
Published
2010
Pages
416
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