--- Roy Epstein <
dortmunder2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Doug Bassett <
dj_bassett@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I've been known to read a traditional
mystery
> > occasionally, but the only other sub-genre
of
> > Mystery
> > fiction that I really follow is spy
fiction.
> > Interestingly, a good British spy novel and a
good
> > American hb novel have a lot in
common
> > I've also felt the same way about some of the
spy
> novelists I've sampled. My experience doesn't go
far
> beyond LeCarre, Deighton, Gardner, and Adam
Hall
> however. Can you recommend some others that
have
> that
> hb flavor?
Well...strictly speaking a lot of the hb spy novels/authors
that I know about have already been discussed here: Americans
Donald Hamilton and Edward S. Aarons (of course), James
Mitchell, Adam Hall, Len Deighton. (I think Deighton has been
discussed? His Harry Palmer novels, particularly FUNERAL IN
BERLIN, are excellent hb spy stories.)
Other spy novelists that share some of the perspective of the
hb writers, and thus might appeal to hb fans, include Eric
Ambler (particularly A COFFIN FOR DIMITRIOS, although
everything he did is worthwhile), Brian Freemantle (his
Charlie Muffin series is an interesting blend of the Le Carre
and Deighton approaches), Francis Clifford, Kenneth Royce,
and Victor Canning. At least, those come to mind right
now.
doug
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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