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Violence
Barely any
Mild; spy thriller action and danger
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
No psychological concerns; propulsive and pleasurable
What this book is about
John Buchan's 1915 thriller — the founding text of the British espionage novel — follows Richard Hannay as he's plunged into a conspiracy involving assassination, enemy agents, and a secret he's been told that someone wants to kill him for. The model for the man-on-the-run thriller genre, adapted famously by Hitchcock.
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