Mai Jia with “Decoded”, a spy novel and thoughts on genius and madness.
The unprecedented media promotion of this novel intrigued me. I read few espionage novels but the fact that it was translated from the Chinese raised some questions. However, the book lacked the political environment of the previous large-scale launch, that of “Wolf Totem” in 2007. In addition, an author of espionage novels who wins the Mao Dun prize is not common …In short enough reasons to read “Decoded” … and with great pleasure.
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