Intelligence
'Wonderfully feisty and beguiling' WILLIAM BOYD
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
Published:5th Mar '26
Should be back in stock very soon
From the beloved comedian and writer: an irresistible novel about love, secrets, wartime espionage - and moral philosophy
'Joyful, sad, smart and surprising' NICK HORNBY, bestselling author of High Fidelity and About a Boy 'Full of historical allusions, unforgettable characters, and thrilling escapades' THE MIRROR Was he about to recruit her into the secret service? She held her breath. Frogwoman, codebreaker, assassin, saboteur - whatever it was, she'd do it! Oxford, 1938. Ida and Medora are two brilliant young philosophers at the heart of a group who gather in storied rooms to dance, drink and debate theories of right and wrong. But as the world spins towards war, theoretical questions of life and death become all too real. While her friends are called up to do intelligence work, Ida, the irrepressible Texan outsider, seeks academic distraction. Then she stumbles across secret Nazi information that could radically change the direction of the war. Can she and Medora capture the attention of the spymasters and mandarins in London in time to save thousands of lives? Seductive, witty and page-turning, Intelligence is the unputdownable new novel from one of the UK's best-loved writers and comedians.
Newman blends espionage, philosophy and a dash of hardboiled glamour in his first novel in more than a decade... a plucky page-turner with surprising heart * Mail on Sunday *
A fabulously English kind of a novel , filled with understatement and dry wit and warm characters with plenty of stiff upper lip... if there's any kind of justice in the world, a big and appreciative audience awaits it * Daily Mirror *
Engaging... Newman, a comedian and presenter of a BBC series on philosophy, deftly draws on his intellectual hinterland to deliver a smart, witty tale with a lighter touch * Financial Times *
Newman blends wit and tension in a brisk , brainy spy novel * i paper *
Intelligence is twisty, captivating, with a plot that really keeps the reader guessing -- LISSA EVANS, author of Crooked Heart and Small Bomb at Dimperley
Newman's decision to focus on two female protagonists invites new perspectives on the story of Second World War espionage and his wit and knowledge of the period enliven his tale * The Times *
A spirited novel starring brilliant young female philosophers * Sunday Post *
Easy to read yet hard to put down, Intelligence is full of historical allusions, unforgettable characters and thrilling escapades * The Mirror *
Written with great brio and aplomb -- WILLIAM BOYD, bestselling author of Gabriel's Moon
A smart, funny Second World War thriller * The i paper *
Full of derring-do with wonderful cameo appearances of the great and the good -- NICK HORNBY, bestselling author of About a Boy
A deep, spirited journey through wartime intelligence that brings to vivid life the extraordinary characters who shaped those times. Moving, thought-provoking, sparkling with wit and wisdom, its themes resonate long after the book is closed -- JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of The Appeal
ISBN: 9781805226611
Dimensions: 220mm x 138mm x 30mm
Weight: 400g
288 pages
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