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I added two books to the shelf:The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
Jackdaws by Ken Follett
If either of these don't "fit", feel free to remove them.
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I'll just check to see these two're correctly tagged. Thanks!
This Gun For Hire (pre war WWII build up) by Graham Greene
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I don't know enough of Grahame's early works to weigh-in on them. I have to admit I find his style very uneven. Some of his stuff resonates with me and some of it doesn't. The man had a lot of issues; most of them which I find remote. I'm glad for what he did for this genre but I rarely go out of my way to find his titles and complete them.
Hoping to have my mind changed about him someday.
Me neither, is past in my readings. Got some reviews done though, in my ainglish list. Do not remind if in a shelve appears any of this author. Though could and did some comments on some of his works. Some may like him. Think Le Carré a more interesting and realistic author. Though having G.Greene quite a big success too, may be today seems a bit out of time or outdated, can't tell why. But yes, keep a good memory of "Our Man in Havanna" though thought it just a fine funny book. Do not find much more to say, about this Author now.
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John leCarre? For sure 'some' do. Many!
Axel wrote: "Some may like him. ..."
Axel wrote: "Though having G.Greene quite a big success too, may be today seems a bit out of time..."
Not to me. Read Greene--as you would read leCarre, Ambler, and Deighton--for what they describe are fundamentals of psychology and politics. As long as there are nations, these authors are relevant. As long as there are human relationships of any kind, they are relevant.
If you allege they're 'dated' that says (to me) you are too involved with the trifling details of current-events. Surface details always shift, but the underlying composition of society has stayed the same from their time to ours. It will continue to stay the same as long as the world has 'finite resources' for which people struggle. Such is the basis for espionage, ethics, for everything. Espionage--like crime, like rape, like hate, like love--never vanishes.
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Now this is lookin' good! This is 'respectable' for a book group dedicated to this subject matter.
See for yourself!
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Wow, some very fine extensive list's..Would Gravity's Rainbow, fit in anywhere??
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Have to think this over..
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We have other works of lit-fic (Olivia Manning, for instance) but at least they have a rigorous attitude towards realism and facts.
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WW II Spy Novels
Books mentioned in this topic
The Guns of Navarone (other topics)Jackdaws (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Alistair MacLean (other topics)Ken Follett (other topics)
If any of you are looking for busy-work, we can use all the WWII-related titles we can find. Add them yourselves, or let me know their title and I will add them!
Or, go through our existing shelves and help make all the genre tags are correct. I've been doing as much as I can on my own.
For example, if you see a recent-release book on our shelves--slap the 'recent release' tag on it please!
Maybe its one I don't know, and thus maybe it's mislabeled.
Authors, please ensure all your own works are correctly cited--this helps YOUR sales.
Thanks all
Feliks