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155 Woods, Brett F. Revolution and Litera ture: Coop er´s Th e Sp y Revisited . Web Early America. 14 April 2009. 156 Ousby, Ian.: Op.cit.,p. 567 45
Carr é´s next two novels put the satirical view on the secret service ( The Looking-Glas War, 1965) and on the Bonn diplomatic community (A Small Town in Germany, 1968). 157 The Looking-Glass War features a desire for power in the British secret service which have impact on the loss of contact with reality. The return to the state of realism is fulfilled in the book The Tailor of Panama (1996). Le Carr é´s work is in many ways a critical response to the glamorizing of the central figure James Bond in F le ming´s spy novels. Le Carr é´s protagonists are namely more realistic and the ir sit uations and circumsta nces ar e not as gla morous as James Bond ´s ones. In his works there is only a minor degree of violence and action. The story is, first of all, based on an intensive mental activity of his main heroes. In le Carré ´s books can be found the scent of skepticism, but simultaneously his works are noted for their sense of humor. 158 "Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one. Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer." (Len Deighton in 'Preface' to Horse Under Water, Silver Jubilee Edition 1987) 159 Len Deighton (born in 1929) is a British historian and novelist and is regarded as one of the best spy novel s´ aut hors . His first spy novel The Ipcress File came after le Carr é had started his writing career but before The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. This novel made him famous and was also made into a film starring Michael Caine. In Deight ons´ first books there is something little from action similar to the James Bond story. His first four novels featured an anonymous anti-hero, named Harry Palmer, who was a fictional secret agent protagonist. Palmer had a silly and unglamorous name because the author probably wanted him to distance from Ia n Fleming´ s James Bond. Deight on´s spy is namely described as a spy from working class, living in an ordinary street flat and doing his daily shopping in supermarkets. He wears glasses and he is a total opposite to James Bond. His hero is not successful with women. His other spy novel are Spy Story, Funeral in Berlin, Billion Dollar Brain and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little 157 158 John Le Car ré – pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell. Kirjasto Web. 20 April 2010 46
Spy.160161 Later he wrote a further series of the Cold War best sellers featuring the British agent Bernard Sampson: Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match, then Spy Hook, Spy Line and Spy Sinker and another trilogy Faith, Hope and Charity. Len Deighton is well known for his liking in leaving clues, like using crosswords puzzles and crossword clues for chapter headings. His spy novels are clever, witty and filled with sense of humor. Deighton consistently deglamorized the figure of his spy figure. Deighton published also two trilogies: Game, Set and Match (1983) and Hook, Line and Sinker (1988-90). 162 Deight on´s novels are highly entertaining and realistic. 163 Francis Clifford (1917-1975) is a pen name of Arthur Leonard Bell Thompson. He was a British writer of crime and thriller novels. He has written two novels that gives him a place among the major spy novels. One is The Naked Runner, about a businessman who was forced to act as an agent for British intelligence. This story was made into a film where Frank Sinatra played Sam Laker, the main role in the movie. The other one is All Men Are Lonely Nows also spy novel. 164 Ted Allbeury (1917-2005) allias Theodore Edward Le Boutiller Allbeury began writing in his fifties after his career as a lieutenant-colonel in the Intelligence Corps during World War II. He served in a number of European countries and he was a genuine spy. In his private life he had lots of jobs but he was also a fluent linguist in a number of languages including French and German. In his literary works he tried to depict technology, introspection, excitement, espionage plots with specific sense of humor. In his early books (A choice of Enemies, 1973) there was put an emphasis on action rather than character elements. He is also the author of the novel called The 160 161 Ousby, Ian.: Op.cit.,p. 266 Len Deighton. Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia. 4 December 2009 162 Priestman, Martin. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.2003. p.129. 163 164 Francis Clifford. Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia. 23 November 2009 47
165Special Collection (1979) which concerns a KGB plot and of a short story collection called Other Kinds of Treason. 166 Nigel West (1951) (with his own name Rupert William Simon Allason) is also an espionage author, simultaneously British military historian and politician. Nigel West is considered to be an expert on modern espionage, intelligence, secret service and security. He published over 25 books, including The Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence (2005). His other books are Counterfeit Spies (1998), Molehunt: Searching for Spies in MI5 (199), The Secret War for the Falklands (1997). 167 West also paid a big attention to the role of women in espionage and is the author of the book called The A to Z of Sex Spionage (2009). “ He claims that sex can not be separated from espionage. Since the founding of UK´s Int el ligence agencies in 1909, sex has played a pivotal role. He notes that more women have worked in the secret services than men and they were good at their jobs. According to West, women spies know how to keep secrets, they possess finely tuned observational skills, they think chronologically and they are not compelled to impress others. “168 His information in the books is often so precise that people could believe he is the historian of the secret services. Moreover he teaches the history of postwar intelligence at The Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies in Alexandria, USA. 1695.3. The post-war American espionage authors Espionage in post-war American fiction is also featured as an increasingly important subject. Thomas Pynchon (1937) is one of the most important authors of that era. In his novel Under the Rose (1961) he mixed the plot of the story with historical elements and traditions in espionage where everything was put on a gentlemanly basis. Pynchon 165 166 Ted Allbeury. Thriller-writer and spy. The Independent Web. 15 December 2005 Web 24 November 2009 Yüklə 0,5 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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