The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage

Author/Contributor(s):	Furst, Alan; Burgess, Anthony; Steinbeck, John; le Carré, John; West, Rebecca
Publisher:	Modern Library
Date:	6/8/2004
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.