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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Fabulous Read
I go back and re-read this book all the time. The book is a sampler of excerpts from some of the greatest spy novelists of all time. Many of whom I had not heard of. Of course I read John Buchan's " 39 Steps " when I was a boy, but I had never heard of William Le Queux, who is featured several times. However it's edited by Graham Greene, who should know quality when he...
Published 3 months ago by Peter Carey
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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
misleading book
Very misleading package. There's a brief Graham Greene story, plus a miscellany of unorganized, sometimes fragmentary, and rarely interesting ephemera from writers you've never heard of. It's almost surely not what you're thinking it is. I'd pass.
Published on September 14, 2009 by E. K. Stackler
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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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misleading book,
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This review is from: The Spy's Bedside Book (Paperback)
Very misleading package. There's a brief Graham Greene story, plus a miscellany of unorganized, sometimes fragmentary, and rarely interesting ephemera from writers you've never heard of. It's almost surely not what you're thinking it is. I'd pass.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Fabulous Read,
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This review is from: The Spy's Bedside Book (Paperback)
I go back and re-read this book all the time. The book is a sampler of excerpts from some of the greatest spy novelists of all time. Many of whom I had not heard of. Of course I read John Buchan's " 39 Steps " when I was a boy, but I had never heard of William Le Queux, who is featured several times. However it's edited by Graham Greene, who should know quality when he reads it. His " Our Man in Havana " is a beautiful tongue-in-cheek spy novel. I highly recommend this spy sampler, it is very entertaining.
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The spy's bedside book (Four Square Books) by Graham Greene (Paperback - 1962)
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