I expected pure farce and Wodehousian English humor from this author, and I got it. But I got much more- a well-developed, very engaging, and well told story. It's not a spy spoof, but it spoofs spies. It's not a farce, but it's farcical. The hero is not Wooster, not 007, but both and neither. Unless you absolutely cannot stand to hear another peep about CIA, arms runners, and international bad guys, you may expect a thoroughly good read.