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Literary agents : the novelist as spy
- Title
- Literary agents : the novelist as spy / Anthony Masters.
- Author
- Masters, Anthony, 1940-2003
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Basil Blackwell, [1987]
- ©1987
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR888.S65 M37 1987 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Erskine Childers: the intrepid spy -- John Buchan: the romantic spy -- Somerset Maugham: the workaday spy -- Compton Mackenzie: the indiscreet spy -- Malcolm Muggeridge: the indignant spy -- Graham Greene: the abrasive spy -- Ian Fleming: the dashing spy -- Tom Driberg: the decadent spy -- John Bingham: the patriotic spy -- Dennis Wheatley: the would-be spy -- Howard Hunt: the spy who knew too much -- John le Carré: the natural spy -- Epilogue: Len Deighton: the unassuming spy.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Spy stories, English > History and criticism
- English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography
- Spies > Great Britain > Biography
- Espionage > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Espionage, British, in literature
- English fiction
- Espionage
- Espionage, British, in literature
- Novelists, English
- Spies
- Spy stories, English
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Spy stories.
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 260-264.
- Contents
- Erskine Childers: the intrepid spy -- John Buchan: the romantic spy -- Somerset Maugham: the workaday spy -- Compton Mackenzie: the indiscreet spy -- Malcolm Muggeridge: the indignant spy -- Graham Greene: the abrasive spy -- Ian Fleming: the dashing spy -- Tom Driberg: the decadent spy -- John Bingham: the patriotic spy -- Dennis Wheatley: the would-be spy -- Howard Hunt: the spy who knew too much -- John le Carré: the natural spy -- Epilogue: Len Deighton: the unassuming spy.
- ISBN
- 0631149791
- 9780631149798
- LCCN
- 87012155
- OCLC
- ocm16005922
- 16005922
- SCSB-1188776
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library