Transcription atkinson review6/2/2023 Kate Atkinson's new novel Transcription follows Juliet through two lives: war and post-war (with just a momentary detour into 1981 which bookends the narrative, front and back). The 'Morning Edition' Book Club Kate Atkinson Tells Book Club How She Crafts Characters At All Life Stages She understands the utility of lies and misdirection, the usefulness of false identities, how one should always leave a thread of Aran wool stretched across the door at home to make sure no one has come in while you were away. She's not alone: The place is lousy with former spies, its internal politics just as vicious, bitter and dangerous as MI5 during wartime.īut Juliet learned her lessons well during the war. In 1950, the hot war done, the Cold War just beginning, she has gone to work as a producer at the BBC, doing mostly radio programs for schoolchildren and seniors. She lied fluently and skillfully and did not see the end of the war without blood on her hands. She carried a small Mauser pistol in her handbag. During the war, in London, 1940, she worked as a typist for MI5, was lifted out of the obscurity of the secretarial pool to be the audio transcriptionist for an operation meant to ensnare British fifth columnists itching for the day that the Wehrmacht marched down the streets of London, then put into the field to infiltrate their anti-Semitic ranks in person. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Transcription Author Kate Atkinson
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