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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Book Club Edition. It's not every grandmother who becomes an unofficial operative for the CIA...In this novel her assignment is to travel to Mexico City posing as a tourist, go to a certain place, pick up a certain item, and return it to the United States. It didn't sound very dangerous at the outset, but that was before something `went wrong' a...  more »
ISBN: 478141
Publication Date: 1966
Pages: 185
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Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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A delightfully written story. Very entertaining with a hint of education bot for the time period and locale.
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This is the first book of many starring the delightful Mrs. Pollifax.

She is an elderly widow who gets bored with life and--due to a mistake at the CIA--succeeds in her desire to become a spy. Her naivete, coupled with her sharp wits lead her into a series of hilarious adventures, some of which have had me laughing out loud. These books are not "deep," long, or very literary in quality, but I have read as many in this series as I could get my hands on and enjoyed them all.

Highly recommended for light reading. No bad language, sex, or unnecessarily or horrifically violent scenes, though there is suspense.


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