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Book Reviews
[S]triking.... Although...not Coelho's strongest work, the ending is brilliant in its irony, and throughout, he displays an ability to inhabit her voice.... [R]eaders will believe they've read Zelle's actual letters.
Publishers Weekly
The absurdity of the charges against Mata Hari comes through clearly, but even as she tells her own story we never get a sense of her humanity, only her various personas and masks. A sympathetic but sketchy portrait of a legend.
Kirkus Reviews