The Mercenary of Urga: another tale of the sica

The book is basically a historical novel. Almost all the characters except the protagonist and a few others are actual persons and many events depicted in the plot are actual ones. Author has used a humorous approach for narrating the story. The tone is varying- you find lot of sarcastic talk, satire, use of irony, some slapstick and some situational humor, all thrown in. But the wit in narration never dilute the thrill or suspense of the plot. The author retains the gravity of the situation wherever required and it never becomes a parody of the spy genre.

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