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The Good Son by Michael Gruber

The Good Son: A Novel BY Michael Gruber. Henry Holt and Co.. Hardcover, 400 pages. $26.
Cover of The Good Son: A Novel

“I have been a kind of undercover person from birth almost,” says one of the two main characters in Michael Gruber’s “The Good Son,” “and I am bound to offend those who like neat classifications.” Not an improbable statement, coming from a major player in a spy thriller — if “The Good Son” can be accurately described as a spy thriller. It is that, and yet it’s a lot more.