Espionage – Magic Carpet Books

Posted on May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 by Proprietor

She Left the CIA in Frustration. Now Her Spy Novel is Racking Up Awards.

Berry’s debut novel, “The Peacock and the Sparrow,” was released by Atria Books in May 2023 under the pen name I.S. Berry. The book was feted by both the New Yorker and NPR on their annual lists of the best books of the year. This month, the novel also won the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first novel by an American novelist, a significant industry award whose past recipients include Viet Thanh Nguyen and Tana French. Read more

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Posted on April 12, 2024 by Proprietor

‘The Sympathizer’ Adaptation Premieres April 14th

The Sympathizer, the new HBO Original Limited Series from Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr. and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, premieres April 14 on Max. Watch trailer

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Posted on July 14, 2023 by Proprietor

The Essential John le Carré

…le Carré wrote many good books, and a handful of great ones. A spy must learn to distinguish signal from noise. Here are his best works. Read more

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Posted on May 19, 2021May 20, 2021 by Proprietor

John le Carré Fans Are Getting One More Novel

Viking plans to release “Silverview,” a spy novel set in an English seaside town, nearly a year after the famed writer’s death. Read more

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Proprietor

Spies, Lies, and Exile, The Extraordinary Story of Russian Double Agent George Blake

For fans of John le Carré and Ben Macintyre, an exclusive first-person account of one of the Cold War’s most notorious spies. Read more

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Posted on May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by Proprietor

Why Len Deighton’s spy stories are set to thrill a new generation

Spies, treachery and dangerous secrets, all liberally seasoned with dry wit: these were the moreish ingredients that made international hits of Len Deighton’s stylish 1960s thrillers, set in the grey world of post-colonial, postwar British intelligence. His sardonic working-class hero, played on screen by Michael Caine in the The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain, set the template for a succession of deadpan, worldly-wise leading men. Now a fresh generation have the chance to sample Deighton’s wares as Penguin republishes many of his books, starting this month with those three, early bestselling titles. Read more