The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage
Books / Hardcover
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ISBN: 067964251X / Publisher: Modern Library, May 2003
Celebrates the finest works of literary espionage in a collection that features contributions by such authors as Eric Ambler, Anthony Burgess, Graham Greene, and Rebecca West.
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Here is an extraordinary collection of work from some of the finest novelists of the twentieth century. Inspired by the politics of tyranny or war, each of these writers chose the base elements of spy fiction - highly evolved spy fiction - as the framework for a literary novel. Thus Alan Furst offers a diverse array of selections that combine raw excitement and intellectual sophistication in an expertly guided tour of the dark world of clandestine conflict.
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