![]() No, no secret skills, beyond volunteering her time, being unsuspected of sneakiness (1966 here) and a giant purse. P’s Can-Do-Spirit is going to get her through, along with her amazing ability to connect with others. ![]() A simple job turns into a disaster– of course–but you just know that Mrs. is shown to a waiting room in the new CIA headquarters at the same time a legitimate applicant is expected. Because, of course, way forward in the future here-and-now, we actually understand that suicide is a real and sadly common event.Īt any rate, then it takes off rather nicely, semi-plausibly ( 1966, people, 1966), with a typical mistaken-identity thing: Mrs. But it was a bit disconcerting reading such exposition, and to then switch into ‘applying-to-be-a-spy” mode. P’s extreme emotion and not something played for laughs. I think, back then, it must have been meant by the author as representing Mrs. Pollifax contemplating the recent occasion she contemplated suicide. We aren’t meta-navel-gazers yet, people there’s very little post-mod nod-send-up here. ![]() Gilman’s elevator pitch was to take James Bond out of the picture, and put an adorable little white-haired grandmother in it. Lots of Cold War spy drama, if I remember my James Bond movies correctly. Published in 1966, it certainly speaks to simpler times, or perhaps different times. Pollifax? She’s unabashedly enthusiastic about travel and about meeting people from other cultures. ![]() ![]() Read February 2019 Recommended for people who like traveling in the 60s ★ ★ ★ ![]()
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