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William Boyd on spy fiction and the British psyche

William Boyd on spy fiction and the British psyche

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Summary

What makes someone a good spy? And does the fiction writer, in many senses a professional liar, share the traits of a double agent?


Novelist and screenwriter William Boyd first explored the theme of espionage in his 2002 novel Any Human Heart and went on to pen a James Bond continuation novel called Solo.


His latest trilogy (Gabriel's Moon, The Predicament and Cold Sunset) explores what happens when a travel writer becomes entangled in Cold War Espionage.

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