“Moscow still loves a loser: failed journalists, has-beens, also-rans, sex pests and disgruntled narcissists end up going to work for the Kremlin.”
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Today on the all-new Spybrary (dot) com, dive into @markpackuk.bsky.social review of Enemies Within. Fair warning to my fellow @ColdWar nerds, his take is so compelling that I bought the book as soon as I finished reading the review.
Have you read it? What did you think? Link in 1st reply.
"To be a Brit was to be a bit of a spy, and to be a spy was to be a bit of a Brit."
--Michael Idov @michaelidov.bsky.social
Thanks to @spybrary.bsky.social for turning me on to this emerging talent. Le Carre tradecraft & betrayal meets Bourne-style action. Plus lots of spy & sci-fi Easter eggs!
One of my favourite films from LFF this year was The Secret Agent. A towering performance from Wagner Moura, who I hope gets plenty of awards season love. Full review for @spybrary.bsky.social.
spybrary.com/the-secret-a...
Can't wait for the sequel @michaelidov.bsky.social ! And thanks as always to @spybrary.bsky.social for keeping the pavement artists ever ready to tail the latest talents!
Making my review debut on @spybrary.bsky.social today with my thoughts on David McCloskey's latest thriller. Brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough.
spybrary.com/the-persian-...
How are you enjoying it so far?
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
1/26/67: Sidney Lumet's The Deadly Affair, via the Le Carre novel [M: Quincy Jones]
w/Mr. James Mason, Simone Signoret, Schell, Andersson
Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/99
More:
@spybrary.bsky.social: spybrary.com/the-john-le-...
@top10films.bsky.social: www.top10films.co.uk/46348-the-de...
The author in thoughtful pose. This picture is fine. I’m wearing headphones, there’s a nice background and a picture of the book. Stubble, eyebrows, short hair. All good.
AAH! This picture is NOT fine. I look as if I’m about to swallow a passing bat. Weird mouth shape, curiously distributed teeth. My vanity is VERY sad.
Yeah, I’ve got an Insight for you: I should have said “yes” when my orthodontist offered to fix my teeth when I was ten, but I never wanted to be on TV and I still don’t.
Insta Link (short clip from the @spybrary.bsky.social podcast on Karla’s Choice):
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Absolute spot on @johnsipher.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-car-chas...
Thank you for sharing our work, Helen.
I will seek that one out. Thanks. Such a fascinating country, I am planning a trip back this summer because KC has reawakened my interest in Mitteleuropa.
I have bought so many excellent books in London that I will be coughing up luggage excess fees (again!) I am blaming @harkaway.bsky.social and Esterhase for this last minute book purchase. Kosonom.
She is on X and if you operate in the murky shadows of FB, she regularly posts in our Spybrary community there, along with 4000 other spy book enthusiasts - www.spybrary.com/community
2024 is an epic year for quality spy reads once again. Narrowing my favourites down to just five is a tough assignment, but that's called Five Book Rules. Check out my interview with the epic @fivebooks.com at the link in the first reply. @harkaway.bsky.social @merlenygate.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing. I love @fivebooks.com so it is always an honour to share my five favourites with them.
Very excited for this. I have not seen Roger Moore on the big screen since the late ‘80s. He was my absolute hero growing up and still is.
youtu.be/KPJ33hx7DAI
#rogermoore #jamesbond #simontemplar
Buy Karla’s Choice superbly written by @harkaway.bsky.social and pick up a free #Spybrary bookmark at Waterstones Piccadilly.
Well done IS Berry and @harkaway.bsky.social
What are some of your favourite spy thrillers of 2024?
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
The cover of ‘A Reluctant Spy
Really, really chuffed to discover today that #AReluctantSpy has gone to a second hardback printing less than three months after release! Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy and talked about my book.
‘There’s more to life than books you know but not much more.’
Support your local book shops.
If you find yourself over Chiswick/Hammersmith way do check out Everybody Reads and buy a book or five.
#booksoversocks
Bring your own drawing pin and yellow chalk. Tonight in Hampstead. @harkaway.bsky.social will be interviewed by @shippersunbound.bsky.social of the Sunday Times at Waterstones Hampstead.
Link to book in the first comment
#karlaschoice #johnlecarré #nickharkaway
I was lucky enough to attend the @waterstones.bsky.social event with @philippesands.bsky.social expertly interrogating @harkaway.bsky.social . Read my field report here
#johnlecarré #nickharkaway
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Reader meet author. Lovely to catch up with Merle Nygate today! Honour Among Spies is one of my top spy book picks of 2024!!
I agree with Charles Cumming ‘Merle Nygate is a writer to watch’ and with the podcaster who said that Merle writes ‘modern day Len Deighton-style page turners.’
#spybrary
watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVBY...
Did real-life spy Biffy Dunderdale inspire James Bond?
From sinking German trawlers at 17 to mingling with Ian Fleming, Dunderdale's life feels straight out of a spy novel. Discover his incredible story on Spybrary.
Watch now on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app! #Spybrary #JamesBond
