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I like Le Carré but I get more enjoyment out of Len Deighton and Anthony Price. The Anthony Price books are the books I re-read most often. Jo Walton has written about this series:
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08-08-2010, 09:28 PM | #32 |
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Here's another strategy for finding espionage writers you might like:
Agents of Treachery is a collection of short fiction by top espionage/mystery and spy-genre writers. An anthology like this is pretty rare — most authors in this genre don't bother because it's tough to tell a complicated tale of intrigue in often foreign lands and sometimes historical periods in short form. I just started it and it's working well for me. The first story's by Charles McCarry and it's great writing and reading. Others in the book include Joseph Finder, Robert Wilson and Lee Child. Alan Furst edited an anthology also, by the way, but his was novel excerpts. These are true short pieces. Have at it! Steve |
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08-13-2010, 01:47 PM | #34 |
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You might look at the grand-daddy of them all - which can be got free from Gutenberg. Jospeh Conrad's "The Secret Agent"
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I've mentioned Charles McCarry in this thread as had another, but I had never read his first novel The Miernik Dossier till now. What a fantastic novel.
Published in 1973 and set in around 1959, it's about several male and female covert agents from different countries and cultures who go on a road trip in a massive Cadillac from Switzerland to Austria and south to the Middle East, trying to keep their cover all the while. It's unlike anything I've read. Great characters. Good stuff. McCarry deserves far more credit. One warning -- I couldn't find this one as an e-book, but some of his others are e-books. Just had to mention it. |
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I'd toss Andrew Britton's name into the hat, for his 'Ryan Kealey' series.
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Has anyone read The Company, by Robert Littell?
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09-18-2010, 03:37 PM | #40 |
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Hi all,
There's a new, rare and must-see video interview of John Le Carré from BBC 4. Here's the link: http://www.channel4.com/news/article...philby/3766077 He doesn't give interviews often and claims this is his last, so enjoy. Steve Last edited by Steve Anderson; 09-18-2010 at 03:40 PM. |
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I watched that interview the other day and couldn't help but think he's getting old and, in one part especially, a little shaky. It makes me think his real reason for not wanting to do more (TV?) interviews is to preserve some dignity while his health is failing. This is merely speculation on my part. I don't deny that interviews can be tiring.
I'm looking forward to reading Our Kind of Traitor soon. |
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I read mixed reviews. I read it, but couldn't finish it because I found that the story was a bit too slow moving. I may make another attempt at a later date.
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Hi,
I also would agree with LeCarre's novels.. my favorite is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. |
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It's not quite fiction, but it could be -- I'm enjoying Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre, a non-fiction history of an Allied intelligence ruse during WWII that involved planting a dead, faked British officer to wash up on the shores of Spain carrying papers that would fool the enemy about the invasion of Sicily. Lots of nice background about the quirky intelligence officers who cooked up the con, many of whom were novelists and frustrated adventurers.
I usually read (and write) historical espionage fiction but this is doing the trick. It was also a movie called The Man Who Never Was. As far as the characters go, it's about as close to fiction as you can get. Steve |
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