Book Club Discussion Questions for The Spanish Game by Charles Cumming

Book Club Discussion Questions

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For supplemental discussion material see our Beyond the Book article, Spy Agency Acronyms and our BookBrowse Review of The Spanish Game.

Please be aware that this discussion guide will contain spoilers!

1. Did you like Alec Milius as a central character? If not, did your opinion of Alec affect your enjoyment of the book?
   


2. Did the setting of the story - Spain, particularly Madrid - affect your enjoyment of the novel? What did you like about it? Dislike?
   


3. The Spanish Game is written in the first person. What are the advantages and disadvantages of telling the story this way?
   


4. Charles Cumming is a British author. Do you think American authors take a different approach to writing spy fiction?
   


5. The issue of Basque separatism is central to the novel. Does this issue feel more, or less, relevant to you given the current state of international affairs?
   





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