Tag Archives: Spy

Book Review: The Human Factor by Graham Greene

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Tietsu

  The Human Factor is an understated, viscerally affecting book that manages to show a side of espionage largely ignored by the other giants of the genre. It takes the soft side of spy work and puts it under a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century by Sergei Kostin

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Tietsu

The book didn’t start off promising. It started in fact with a foreword written by Richard V. Allen. This name meant nothing to me, but when I approach books outside of my usual stalking grounds this tends to be the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Tietsu

Sweet Tooth is one of those books that felt substantially shorter than it actually was. This probably has to do with the fact that it never truly felt like it picked up whatever thread would have provided a sort of … Continue reading →

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