Name: The Game of X
ISBN: 9780441273089

Robert Sheckley

The Game of X

Sarah Sammis

The skeleton beneath Condorman. Fun and short.

The Game of X by Robert Sheckley is about an American looking to extend his visa in France and ends up becoming an international spy in the process. It's also one of those books that you might never guess was adapted into a film because it's so very different from the resulting movie.

William P. Nye has tried everything he can think of to land a job he can stick to while in France. His money is running out, as has his visa. Soon he's going to be a penniless illegal. That's when his friend George who works for the CIA offers him a job he can't refuse: become the mysterious Mr. X and meet a man who has important intel from the Iron Curtain.

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Matthew Royal

Loved it! It skewers the super-spy genre and explores identity and human nature from a humorous perspective.