The Guys Who Spied For China [Paperback]

Gordon Basichis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 8, 2009

A roman a clef, exposing Chinese Espionage Networks operating largely in California in the Santa Monica Mountain Range, just above Beverly Hills.  This is a quirky tale of how two disparate men uncover an elaborate spy operation that had functioned on American soil for nearly four decades.   What they helped unmask was a network of homegrown spies.  A new twist on the spy drama.  This personal and darkly humorous tale captures what it feels like to be thrust into the shadowy world of espionage.  What's remarkable is that most of this story is true.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The suburbs of Southern California house a cluster of unlikely international spies in this espionage novel...an engaging and suspenseful read...Fans of espionage will likely relish the tale of good guys gone bad. --ABNA Publishers Weekly Review

...An incredible eye opener of a story...Basichis takes us on a journey across the country and through the years revealing the twisted souls who are the creators of a world that outsiders choose to ignore. --Page Readers Blog Talk Radio

This timely and entertaining book explains how easily you might find yourself with a 'spy next door,' or even be recruited to be one yourself!  --Independent Publisher (IPPY) Jim Barnes, Editor

Crusty Noah Brown steals the book, evoking William Burroughs...In contrast to the beach read spy novel...By the...climax, there was no place else I would rather have been than on that mission, from the safety of my armchair. --Evergreen Review

"A growing power, China has placed eyes all over the world. "The Guys Who Spied for China" tells the story of two gentlemen who uncover some of these eyes for China in the United States, in their home state of California. Inspired by true events, and colored by author Gordon Basichis' dark humor, 'The Guys Who Spied for China' is an intriguing and entertaining read. "The Guys Who Spied for China" is a worthwhile investment for spy fiction fans." --Midwest Book Review - January 2010

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About the Author

Gordon Basichis is the author of The Guys Who Spied for China (Minstrel's Alley 2009). This Roman a Clef was a quarter finalist in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel competition.  The first chapter of this book is featured in an anthology of top writers, Sleeping with Snakes, Notes from the Los Angeles Underbelly. He has also published the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, the Vicki Morgan Story (Santa Barbara Press) and The Constant Travellers (Putnams). Basichis is co-founder of the Corra Group, which specializes in background checks and corporate research and investigation. He currently writes for the blog sites Hopeful Romantics, which is featured on Kindle Blogs, and Corra Daily Planet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Minstrel's Alley (October 8, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0984105204
• ISBN-13: 978-0984105205
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,288,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Author Gordon Basichis provides social and political commentary on espionage, sex, fantasy, politics, and mysticism, all deeply rooted in personal experience, in a style that is unique, humorous and beyond the fringe of the common genre. Basichis is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, the Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is also the author of The Constant Travellers, a mystical, sci-fi Fantasy Western, telling the epic story of a family migrating from the East to West Coast in the late 19th century.

Basichis' new book The Guys Who Spied for China, a Roman A Clef detailing his personal experiences uncovering Chinese Espionage networks operating in the United States, was published in October 2009 by Minstrel's Alley and is featured on Amazon.com. It is soon to be available on Kindle. The first chapter is featured in a forthcoming anthology, Sleeping with Snakes, Notes from the Los Angeles Underbelly.

Basichis is also co-founder of Corra, which as the Corra Group specializes in pre-employment and corporate research and investigation. In addition to his books, Basichis has written Breach of Trust/Crash, a feature film, and has co-written several television series pilots. He co-created and served as Executive Producer on the forthcoming Showtime mini-series Land of Dreams. He was the co-producer of an ABC Television Network series pilot, and the producer-director of Jerry, One Man's Triumph, a video documentary about the nation's first jailhouse lawyer. He has worked as an investigative journalist and researcher, and in advertising, marketing and public relations.

He currently writes for the blog sites Hopeful Romantics, which is featured on Kindle Blogs, and Corra Daily Planet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Guys Who Spied For China, October 19, 2009

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Warren Chaisson "Warren" (New Orleans) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Guys Who Spied For China (Paperback)

This is one original novel. Definitely not your father's spy book. I liked the fact that it was a personal story and pretty funny at times. It just felt authentic in its telling. No typical genre stuff here. It is a fictional account based on the true experiences of two guys uncovering Chinese Spy Networks in the United States, during the eighties and nineties. Some of it gets pretty intense, scary even. Having read this book, I have a better understanding how China was able to walk away with some of our best military and technological secrets. The book names names, and also uses fake names to protect the guilty. When I finished this book, I really get the feeling what it is like to live in the world of spies. It is interesting that most that the story is set mostly in California, and not Europe or some usual spy place. It was a great read and tough to put down. The Guys Who Spied For China

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the guys who spied for china, November 5, 2009

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A. Pilibos (Fresno CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Guys Who Spied for China (Kindle Edition)

I read this book because I had read the author's two other books. This work was very compelling and seemed to ring true as someone who actually lived the adventure. The jacket says "a lot of this story is true" and I tend to believe it.

It seems a very timely subject matter, given our increasingly close but still guarded and cautious relationship with China.

The book told a good story and was paced very well. It never dragged and always held my interest. The story length also was not overly long and drawn out. I especially appreciated the inside references to the nuts-and-bolts of "on the ground" intelligence gathering. It seems to me the only way someone wold know this type of detail would be to have actually lived it and/or spent huge amounts of time researching his subject matter.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthwhile investment for spy fiction fans, January 9, 2010

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Guys Who Spied For China (Paperback)

A growing power, China has placed eyes all over the world. "The Guys Who Spied for China" tells the story of two gentlemen who uncover the deeper uncover some of these eyes for China in the United States, in their home state of California. Inspired by true events, and colored by author Gordon Basichis' dark humor, "The Guys Who Spied for China" is an intriguing and entertaining read. "The Guys Who Spied for China" is a worthwhile investment for spy fiction fans.