My Name Is Nobody

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When Gabriel Wilde, Head of Station in Islamabad and one of the best spies of his generation is abducted from his apartment, the service goes into lockdown. In an attempt to uncover the truth, Security Minister Olivia Cartier calls on the help of disgraced spy and one-time friend of Wilde's - Solomon Vine. Desperate to find a way back in from the cold, and swayed by his old loyalties to Wilde, Vine starts asking questions. As he negotiates the corridors of power, in London and Oxford and Cambridge, he soon discovers that nothing is quite as it seems - and that everyone has a secret. My Name is Nobody is a sophisticated, pacey and accomplished dUbut novel by 25-year-old rising star Matthew Richardson. Appealing to fans of the TV series Homeland and The Night Manager- as well as I Am Pilgrim, Charles Cumming and Robert Harris' The Ghost - this is a gripping, multi-layered and assured thriller set in London, Islamabad and the Middle East.When Gabriel Wilde, Head of Station in Islamabad and one of the best spies of his generation is abducted from his apartment, the service goes into lockdown. In an attempt to uncover the truth, Security Minister Olivia Cartier calls on the help of disgraced spy and one-time friend of Wilde's - Solomon Vine. Desperate to find a way back in from the cold, and swayed by his old loyalties to Wilde, Vine starts asking questions. As he negotiates the corridors of power, in London and Oxford and Cambridge, he soon discovers that nothing is quite as it seems - and that everyone has a secret. My Name is Nobody is a sophisticated, pacey and accomplished dUbut novel by 25-year-old rising star Matthew Richardson. Appealing to fans of the TV series Homeland and The Night Manager- as well as I Am Pilgrim, Charles Cumming and Robert Harris' The Ghost - this is a gripping, multi-layered and assured thriller set in London, Islamabad and the Middle East.
Matthew Richardson Matthew Richardson graduated with a First in English from Durham University before going on to postgraduate study at Merton College, Oxford. After a brief spell as a freelance journalist, he began working as a researcher and speechwriter in Westminster, and has also written speeches for senior figures in the private sector. He is 26 and My Name is Nobody is his debut novel.