Inside the world of espionage in Marias's Your Face Tomorrrow

As we learn more about the life of what we might call a functionary in the espionage business, the narrator, Jacques Deza, of Javiar Morias's Your Face Tomorrow (vol. 1, 2002) we see that most spy work is akin to drudgery. Deza is part of a team that interviews potential assets and those seeking support from the unnamed agency in an unmarked London building. Sometimes he's one of the people doing the interview; sometimes he's a translator; sometimes he's behind one-way glass observing the interview. In all cases he has to write up a report w/ his conclusions: Can the subject be trusted? Is he lying? Would he break? Will her turn? Is he speaking truth when he says he's about the conduct a coup and he and his allies will succeed? (The title of the novel refers to the difficulty of knowing what the next day will bring - will your ally/friend/compatriot turn against you?) There's no excitement or adventure in these interviews per se, but there's a real feeling of authenticity - w/ high stakes. Deza lets on that, over time, one becomes more bold and firm in observations and conclusions - moving away from the qualifying phrases and words such as "it could be that" or "possibly" or "I think that" while becoming more direct: Assert your conclusions boldly; that's what the bosses, whoever or wherever they might be, seem to want. He also notes that they have no idea ever regarding the results of their interviews and observations, though they assume that many life-or-death decisions may depend upon the results and the interpretation of these interviews. Meanwhile, Deza seems to be building a relationship w/ one of the young women on the team; it would appear that no good can come of this, but we'll see how the plot, such as it is, develops.