![]() ![]() “The novel explores the ways Evelyn shapes herself into the kind of person she believes will succeed in life, as opposed to her ‘real self’, which is a young woman from humble origins. Plus childhood is a space that continually fascinates me, especially those formative years of early adolescence. When I asked Starford why she had included her character’s childhood in a spy story, she said, “Evelyn’s childhood is so crucial to how she develops into an adult primed for espionage that it seemed necessary for it to be in there. ![]() Stories about espionage rarely show the agent’s childhood. It is a rare look into the psychological and moral development of a spy. Rather than a tale of action, adventure, and intrigue, this is a story of psychology and ethics. ![]() Women Exploited: An Unlikely Spy by Rebecca Starfordīeneath the calm, well-ordered setting of pre-war England so beautifully described by Rebecca Starford lies a world of judgement, deceit, and questionable morals: the world of espionage, and unquestionably a man’s world.īeginning with the title, everything about Starford’s novel An Unlikely Spy (Ecco, 2021) is unexpected. ![]()
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