Agent 6 - Tom Rob Smith

abstibus | 07:47 Mon 18th Jul 2011 | Arts & Literature

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Has anyone else read the series by this author? I have just finished Agent 6, and while I enjoyed the book very much, I was constantly irritated by the dreadful punctuation. Is there a future for me as a proof-reader? Small joke, as I spent 20 years proof-reading post-graduate theses.

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jno

there might be; publishers need proof-readers (as you've just noticed). Even I got a proof-reading job a couple of weeks ago.

Haven't read the books, though.

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Interesting, jno.
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The 'hero' in this series, Leo Demisov, is a loyal member of the MGB. The first, Child 44, is both fascinating and disturbing. It is set towards the end of Stalin's 'Reign of terror'.

factor-fiction

Hi annemollie. Please could you give us an example of the book's dreadful punctuation. Thanks

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factor,
I can do this next week, as I have left the book at my son's home. A lot of the poor punctuation relates to dangling participles (see my earlier post on this topic) and the inappropriate use of commas. I can't read a published work without going into pedant mode!

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