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An action-packed anthology celebrates the finest works of literary espionage in a collection that features contributions by Eric Ambler, Anthony Burgess, Joseph Conrad, Maxim Gorky, Graham Greene, John le Carré, Compton Mackenzie, W. Somerset Maugham, Charles McCarry, Baroness Orczy, John Steinbeck, and Rebecca West, among other notable writers. Reprint. 24,000 first printing.
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Here is an extraordinary collection of the world&;s best literary espionage, selected by Alan Furst, a contemporary master of the genre. The Book of Spies brings us the aristocratic intrigues of The Scarlet Pimpernel, in which French émigrés duel with Robespierre&;s secret service; the savage political realities of the 1930s in Eric Ambler&;s classic A Coffin for Dimitrios; the ordinary (well, almost) citizens of John le Carré&;s The Russia House, who are drawn into Cold War spy games; and the 1950s Vietnam of Graham Greene&;s The Quiet American, with its portrait of American idealism and duplicity. Drawing on acknowledged classics and rediscovered treasures, A Book of Spies delivers literate entertainment and excitement on every page.
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