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The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage
by Furst, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- N-Fine/N-Fine
- ISBN 10
- 067964251X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679642510
- Seller
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Lewisville, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 2003. Book. N-Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A square solid tight clean very carefully read copy. This copy has several light bumps to the board edhes else fine. The 24.95 priced jacket has some light rubbing, light edgewear. Ambler, Burgess, Conrad, Gorky, Greene, le Carre, Maugham, McCarry, Orczy, Steinbeck, West..
Synopsis
An anthology of the world's best literary espionage, selected by a contemporary master of the genre, Alan Furst.Here is an extraordinary collection of work from some of the finest novelists of the twentieth century. Inspired by the politics of tyranny or war, each of these writers chose the base elements of spy fiction--highly evolved spy fiction--as the framework for a literary novel. Thus Alan Furst offers a diverse array of selections that combine raw excitement and intellectual sophistication in an expertly guided tour of the dark world of clandestine conflict.These are not just stories of professional intelligence officers. We meet diplomats, political police, agents provocateurs, secret operatives, resistance fighters, and assassins--players in the Great Game, or victims of the Cold War. 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 citizens (well, almost) 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, Alan Furst's The Book of Spies delivers literate entertainment and excitement on every page.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Pat Cramer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035529
- Title
- The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage
- Author
- Furst, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - N-Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N-Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067964251X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679642510
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthology;
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About the Seller
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Lewisville, Texas
About Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I have been selling used and rare books internationally since 1985.I tend to list modern fiction because that is what i know the most about.I specialize on horror and suspense fiction because these are two areas that i enjoy most and because they are two areas that I know the most aboutI am not a generalist dealer but I have been known to list a small percentage of anything that looks interesting to me, fiction and non-fiction, to bring new customers to my site.
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