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Originally Posted by HareBrain  In addition to the quibbles mentioned by clovis-man, it seemed strange to me that he should make such an effort to write a convincing British protagonist but not (I assume) have had his work proof-read by a Brit - e.g. the use of "math" rather than "maths" stuck out enough to jar me out of the narrative for a bit. |
Proofing was a weakness. Toward the end of the book a scene describes the position of Philby's hand and the word used was (I'm sure) supposed to be "pronated". Instead we got "probated". Too soon for the reading of the will, I think.
