If you enjoy old school crime fiction and are looking for an entertaining fast paced read for the weekend, get a copy of Eric Ambler’s Epitaph for a Spy. Written and set in 1938, it casts an unlikely protagonist into the role of spy. Josef Vadassy is a language teacher of Hungarian descent. He is … Continue reading Book Recommendation: Epitaph for a Spy
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
I finished The Spy Who Came in From the Cold last night. It was an excellent book, compact, enjoyable, and worthy of the praise it has been receiving since its first publication in 1963. See the original New York Times review from January 12, 1964. As the book’s title indicates, the protagonist, Alec Leamas, is … Continue reading The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Holiday reading
So, I have my recreational reading picked out for the upcoming holidays and lockdown number three lasting until January 18 in Austria. I’ve never read a John le Carré novel. Given the praise awarded him in his New York Times obituary earlier this month it seems I have clearly missed something: [His] exquisitely nuanced, intricately … Continue reading Holiday reading
