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The Ultimate Spy Movie & TV Guide — Inside Spies on Screen with Paul Burke

Paul Burke joins Spybrary hosts Shane Whaley and Michael Huie to discuss his new book, Spies on Screen, an ambitious guide to more than 900 spy films and television series. From James Bond and John le Carré to Slow Horses, The Bureau, The Americans and forgotten spy thrillers, Pa ...  Show more

William Boyd on the Appeal of Spy Fiction and Creating Gabriel Dax

What makes a great spy novel? For William Boyd, it is complexity, uncertainty and that irresistible feeling that, as a reader, you are constantly trying to work out who can be trusted. In this SPOILER FREE special Spybrary conversation, Boyd joins Ollie Webb Carter (History Book ...  Show more

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