The Oxford Book of Spy Stories - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192832670 ISBN 13: 9780192832672

Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

The spy is one of the great icons of the twentieth century. Born in an era of imperial decline, the spy in fiction has reflected the shifting currents of national and international politics for a century and more. This anthology offers a panorama of the best spy stories, which have forever fixed the concept of espionage in the popular imagination. In tales of political intrigue, wartime heroism, and peacetime scheming, we see the spy at work and at rest, sometimes the romantic saviour of a nation's secret, more often an embittered loner, wracked with disillusion and uncertainty. The gentleman patriot give way to the professional spy, the great game becomes a grubby business in which the enemy may, indeed, be one of Us. These stories by writers of the calibre of A. E. W. Mason, John Buchan, Frank O'Connor, Ian Fleming, Len Deighton, Michael Gilbert and Graham Greene, range from traditional thrillers with the spy as hero to explorations of the metaphoric potential of espionage and the moral, political, and psychological issues that such an activity brings into question. This book is intended for readers of spy fiction, detective stories, thrillers, anthologies of short stories.

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About the Editor:
Michael Cox has compiled a number of highly popular anthologies, including The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories, Victorian Ghost Stories (both with R. A. Gilbert), and Victorian Detective Stories.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0192832670
• ISBN 13: 9780192832672
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376
• Herausgeber: Cox Michael
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italien