1. The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan (1915)What, no John le Carré (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)? No Charles McCarry (The Tears of Autumn)? And no Robert Littell (The Once and Future Spy, The Company)?
2. The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson (2006)
3. I Spy, by Geoffrey Elliott (1998)
4. The Last of the Just, by André Schwarz-Bart (1960)
5. Secret Service, by Elizabeth Sparrow (1999)
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Agents in Place
For The Wall Street Journal, Canadian journalist-author William Stevenson (A Man Called Intrepid, Spymistress: The Secret Life of Vera Atkins) presents a list of what he says are the five “best spy stories ever told.” His picks:
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Hmmmmmmmmm
A very odd selection, and agree Jeff, no Le Carre, Littell, McCarry or Deighton, Fleming, Morrell, Greene, Lynds / Ludlum, and I could go on and on.....well I guess it's all about opinions
Ali
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