Pleased to see This Gun getting an airing Miker and very glad
that you enjoyed it. It's one of my favourites, and I think
the closest that Greene got to HB and, if not Noir it is as
atmospheric as most of his works, perhaps Gris? If you like
Greene you may well enjoy Le Carre's espionage thrillers. In
latter years they have become more self-conciously literary
in style, but he is a great writer - The Spy Who Came in From
the Cold is an accesible, self contained starting point. How
Le Carre has never won the British Booker prize is beyong me.
There has been some eyebrow raising in this country that a
crime novelist has finally been nominated for a major prize -
I forget the details. Stay lovely y'all. Colin
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