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Not without its merits, but predictable, and damn was the racial stuff cringe.

Narrator has just had the insight that his racism was preventing him from seeing the RACIST CONSPIRACY! 🤯

I have no idea what the main character's job is. He's an ensign, but there's no indication what his roll is. Is he naval intelligence? No idea. He's investigating suspected espionage on his own. He talks to the local police and the FBI, but seemingly informs no one in his own chain of command or military intelligence wtf he suspects or is up to. Also, we had a lull in the racism for a bit, but it's back.

Wow, lot of racism going on in that chapter, I wonder if it's part of the plot. I don't have high expectations for this. I love Macdonald, but his early books are crap. There are flickers of good prose here but there's a lot of overwriting too. But, this is the only book of his I have left to read, so here we go. 🤞