The Last Goodnight Chapter Summary

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Howard, Blum, The Last Goodnight, Harper Perennial, 195 Broadway, New York, New York, 10007

SUMMARY: The Last Goodnight is a novel about retired spies, espionage, adventure, and betrayal. The Book is about a vet named Betty Peck who was a spy till the age 53.When she was 18, she got married to a diplomat named Arthur in chile because that's where his job was. She didn’t love arthur vary much, and she was very displeased about being a mother and a wife all the time.
She had a secret affair with a man in chile and then she decided to become very religious and started another affair with a priest. When the church was fighting the government, the Republic started arresting priests and burning churches. Her priest lover was arrested

It was dangerous, but she rescued her husband and took him into France for safety. She also had to rescue her boyfriend carlos and was noticed and recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service for her “honeypot” skills. She was an agent for Britain’s MI6 and then America’s OSS during World War II. Betty was very skilled in the art of espionage. Betty was tasked with “honeypotting” (seducing for information) senators and high-ranking military officers for secret intel on weapons, intel, mission locations, and other crucial information that could lead to devastation. For years, Betty’s association with MI6 and the OSS remained covered. She either went unnoticed or men fell in love with her, making her a great spy. She was first stationed in Nazi Germany, disguised as a journalist. She was assigned to steal code documents and other information about a secret agreement between Poland and Germany. She learned how to decode a Nazi enigma machine (A code deciphering tool) and used the gathered data to help the Allied Powers. She was one of the only WWII spies to live long enough to tell her

I also liked how it seemed very accurate. The author might have done loads of research about Europe in the 1930s while he was writing the book. Some of the descriptions were so good, I could almost picture it. It was a cool book, because it was mainly about the allied powers against Nazi Germany. I didn’t really like the main part of the book, though. It was slow and relied on long descriptions. It was also boring at most of the parts. If the book were shorter so you could get to the action sooner, I would have liked the book more.
I kinda thought her having multiple affairs made her less likeable and more grotesque. It was hard to keep reading about her adventures when I didn’t like her anymore. I also hated that the author used a lot of complicated words, so it was difficult to read at times. I had to stop reading and look things up. Then, when I started reading again, I would have to re-read chapters so that I could remember what was going on before I