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Lädt ... The Double Gamevon Dan Fesperman
Best Spy Fiction (84) Lädt ...
Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Here's the thing- I love spy stories and mysteries. I've read a lot of them and I sort of like Fesperman, but to my mind they all have the same flaw- too many characters of whom we know little and too many red herrings. Sometimes I think he wants you to be as confused as the protagonist, but that can get annoying. So, for a while I was annoyed. I stuck with it, however, and wasn't sorry I read it, but be warned of the style. ( ) The Double Game by Dan Fesperman rates 4.5 stars. It's a cleverly written homage to all espionage novels. Our hero, Bill Cage, grew up with a father who not only worked in the secret service but was a collector of spy novels. After interviewing a retired spy, Bill is lead on a chase throughout Europe with clues from spy novels that now fit real life. Not only is the premise and its execution good, but there is an appendix in the back that is the most complete I have seen of spy novels. Worth having on your bookshelf for that alone. Spying, and particularly, Cold War spying is one of my favourite sub-genres within fiction and this book, by a favourite writer, fits into my likes almost perfectly. It is an extraordinary clever piece of work, weaving elements from the entire history of espionage fiction, into a "quest". Fesperman's books are normally quite somber, but this is more of an "entertainment". If I have one criticism it is that a reader not so well steeped as I in Le Carre, Hall, Deighton, McCarry etc, might find this all a bit difficult to follow, but I hope there are enough people like me to really enjoy it. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he'd once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, a Foreign Service brat who grew up in the very cities where Lemaster's books were set, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career in journalism. More than two decades later, Cage, now a lonely, disillusioned PR man, receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper into Lemaster's pronouncement. Spiked with cryptic references to some of Cage's favorite spy novels, the note is the first of many literary bread crumbs that lead him back to Vienna, Prague, and Budapest, each instruction drawing him closer to the complex truth, each giving rise to more questions: Why is beautiful Litzi Strauss back in his life after thirty years? How much of his father's job involved the CIA? As the events of Lemaster's past eerily--and dangerously--begin intersecting with those of Cage's own, a "long stalemate of secrecy" may finally be coming to an end. A story about spies and their secrets, fathers and sons, lovers and fate, duplicity and loyalty, The Double Game ingeniously taps the espionage classics of the Cold War to build a spellbinding maze of intrigue. It is Dan Fesperman's most audacious, suspenseful, and satisfying novel yet. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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