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Book review: Year of the Locust offers a wilder ride than Bond on steroids

Terry Hayes’ extraordinary second espionage thriller cements his reputation as a natural successor to writers such as Fleming, Forsyth and Ludlum

Terry Hayes: it’s the relentless, sinuous plot of Year of the Locust that will keep most readers turning the pages; he paints a convincing picture of international subterfuge

Terry Hayes’ first novel, 2013’s I Am Pilgrim, took the book world by storm – a barnstorming modern espionage thriller that announced the successful Hollywood screenwriter as a blue blood in the thriller world, a natural successor to the superstars of the 1970s and 1980s, Frederick Forsyth and Robert Ludlum. Its labyrinthine plot dragged the reader on a whirlwind adventure that crossed continents and even genres. The Year of the Locust, Hayes’ second literary outing, ...