Spy thrillers : from Buchan to Le Carré / edited by Clive Bloom.
| Other author | Bloom, Clive. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : St. Martin's Press, 1990. |
| Description | xi, 202 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Insights (New York, N.Y.) Insights (New York, N.Y.) ^A261255 |
| Contents | The spy thriller : a genre under cover? / Clive Bloom -- Cracked bells and really intelligent detonators : dislocation in Conrad's The secret agent / A. Robert Lee -- The adventure of spying : Erskine Childer's The riddle of the sands / David Seed -- The hunter and the hunted : the suspense novels of John Buchan / Dennis Butts -- John Buchan : the reader's trap / Miles Donald -- The story of an encounter : Geoffrey Household's Rogue male / Michael J. Hayes -- Ian Fleming's enigmas and variations / Michael Woolf -- The great game? : The spy fiction of Len Deighton / Dudley Jones -- Are you telling me lies David? : The work of John le Carre / Michael J. Hayes -- Reading John le Carre / Richard Bradbury -- The well-wrought structures of John le Carre's early fiction / David Seed -- Professionalism and popular fiction : the novels of Arthur Hailey and Frederick Forsyth / Dudley Jones -- Spy fiction and the Vietnam War / John Simons. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 89049608 |
| ISBN | 0312042450 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR830.S65 S6 1990 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |