The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage

ISBN-13: 9780375759598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 400 str.

Alan Furst

Opis

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 emigres 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 Carre 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."