whose oeuvre of his latter years transcended the spy novel genre: In Our Game set in a former Soviet Chechen backwater satellite Ingushetia, the intimations of Conrad presences are beyond number thematically, stylistically, and narratively—dilemmas of betrayal as fidelity; The Honourable Schoolboy...
List of the most popular authors from Sweden, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries authors have been among the world's most ...
List of the most popular authors from South Africa, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries authors have been among the world's most ...
Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War Baghdad Nights: Richard Baker takes you inside Australia's biggest corruption scandal, finding out how Australia funded a dictator in the lead up...
But Joanne has found headlines that claim the toy was banned, suspected of being a spy, linked to international espionage… there couldn’t be any truth to it… could there? Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club Join comedians and authors Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd in their Weirdos Book ...
This is the first of a two-part blog looking at the novel The Wheel Spins, and its film adaptation The Lady Vanishes. Ethel Lina White is one of a mass of interwar authors who were quite prolific, had some commercial success during their lifetime, and whose names have been mostly forgott...
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre (1963) Netherland by Joseph O’Neill (2009) Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel by Hilary Mantel (2012) Moravagine by Blaise Cendrars (1926) The Notebook: The Proof ; The Third Lie : Three Novels by Agota Kristof (1986) Th...
The subject matter of my study is representations of Russia in Anglo-Americanand Russian spy novels, mysteries, and action thrillers of the 1990s. Especially suitablefor representing the world split between good and evil, these genres played a prominentrole in constructing the image of the other ...
One Day is based on a novel of the same name. There is also a movie from 2011 starring Anne Hathaway. 11. Mr. & Mrs. Smith Genre: Action, Comedy, CrimeIMDb Rating: 7/10 One of the most recent iconic series is Mr. & Mrs. Smith— a great spy dramedy that’s poles apart from...
Authors come from four corners I was thrilled to see where the author came from seems to make no difference to popularity – the spread of author nationalities between the US, Australia, New Zealand and the UK is pretty evenly shared– so you’re a pleasingly global lot!!