Buckley's latest novel, Florence of Arabia, is a masterfully written parody of the spy novel. By the title itself, the author refers to the story of Lawrence of Arabia, an Oxford graduate, a brave officer and, probably, a spy, who led the Arab uprising, inspired by Britain, during the First World War. The heroine of Buckley’s novel is an energetic Italian Florence, on behalf of the US government, who fights for the rights of Arab women and social stability in the Middle East. But everything turns out differently.