Watch the film. Skip the book.

Argylle is a 2024 spy action comedy film: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Argylle Delivers Twisty-Turny Tedium, But Its Action Scenes Are Great

That sums it up.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I thought the book would be similar.

It’s not.

I thought the book would be a fun action thriller — something like the film.

It’s not.

In 2024, Terry Hayes and Tammy Cohen were revealed as the writers of the tie-in novel to the film Argylle, under the pseudonym “Elly Conway“.

… I can’t really find any relationship between the movie and book from the word Argylle.

At most you might call the book some kind of origin story for Aubrey Argylle.

But the only interesting character for me was the Russian / American uber-villain and wealthy tycoon Vasily Federov.