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Josef Skvorecky (2002) The Miracle Game. Key Porter Books Two miracles, a religious and a political, deeply affect the life of Danny Smirick in Skvorecky's deliciously black comedy. More... 
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Graham Greene (1991) Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment. (First published in 1958) Penguin Classics Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power brokers becomes a spy to earn extra income. This crisply written novel will drag you down with unbearable tension, while at the same time make you giggle with its satirical parodies and absurd plot. A masterpiece! More... 
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Eric Ambler (2001) The Mask for Dimitrios / A Coffin for Dimitrios. (First published 1939) Vintage Ambler's story of a mystery writer in Istanbul, who gets himself involved with the criminal and spy Dimitrios, is a true classic. Dimitrios' corpse has just been fished out of the Bosporus by the police. As the writer sets out to discover Dimitrios' past, someone is stalking him on his trail from Smyrna to Athens to Sofia. More... 
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John Le Carré (2004) Absolute Friends. Little, Brown; LeCarré is mad about what he sees as a fraudulent and unnecessary war in Iraq. The hero in his up-to-date novel, Ted Mundy, is an idealistic out-of-business spy from the Cold War era. He is hired by a mysterious benefactor to counter the widespread propaganda on behalf of an Iraqi war. Even if you don't like LeCarré's political slant, his writing is first class. More... 
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