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Lulu in Marrakech by Diane Johnson
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Lulu in Marrakech (edition 2009)

by Diane Johnson (Author)

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Lulu arrives in Marrakech, hoping to rekindle her romance with Ian. It's the perfect cover for her assignment with the CIA. But beneath the surface of this polite expatriate community lies a more sinister world laced with double standards and double agents.
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Title:Lulu in Marrakech
Authors:Diane Johnson (Author)
Info:Plume (2009), Edition: Reprint, 307 pages
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Rating:****
Tags:mystery, spy, Morocco, Africa and African

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I'd have given this a 2.5 if half stars were possible.
It wasn't awful, but wasn't great. The story seemed strained, and it never really got exciting for me.
I wouldn't bother to read any more by this author. ( )
  SoubhiKiewiet | Mar 20, 2018 |
I wish I had liked this more. I found myself gradually despising the main character which made it difficult to finish. I admired how Johnson created a air of ambiguity but it felt wrong some how. Maybe I'm not in the mood to be cynical. ( )
  laurenbufferd | Nov 14, 2016 |
Didn't finish. Didn't like. ( )
  jdukuray | Dec 31, 2014 |
A fun book. But definitely light reading. Just missed really being good; the biggest problem for me was that so much hinged on the narrator, Lulu's, feelings for Ian, which were supposed to be those of love, and which I could never quite feel/believe. So I had to wade through several passages about how much she loved him without actually believe it, making it a little... tedious.

A very interesting book for its perspective on Muslim and Moroccan culture, something I know/have read very little about.

The ending certainly leaves space for a sequel - I would probably read a sequel to this book.

I did enjoy this as a spy book - I haven't read many books like this, and definitely like the intrigue of it, without the flat out mystery that you find in mystery novels. ( )
  GraceZ | Sep 6, 2014 |
Fun. Plus you learn a lot about Morrocco and ex-pat community living there. As always Diane Johnson's writing is sect and sexually liberated . ( )
  authorknows | Jan 30, 2014 |
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Lulu arrives in Marrakech, hoping to rekindle her romance with Ian. It's the perfect cover for her assignment with the CIA. But beneath the surface of this polite expatriate community lies a more sinister world laced with double standards and double agents.

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Deadly dull. Did not finish.
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