The Scholars of Night | 
bailedIf you are looking for a good (now) old-fashioned Cold War spy novel in the manner of LaCarre, this book will delight you. For me, reading it was nostalgic & atmospheric, right down to the double & triple crosses & the multiple overlapping spy characters.
But ultimately, it didn't hold my attention, and I think I was expecting something slightly different with the Kit Marlowe angle - my fault for not reading the description carefully enough.
Mogoeg This is a reissue (the original came out very much of-the-time in the 1980s) with an new introduction from Charles Stross. I may use the intro when teaching about US foreign relations and the Cold War. If you want to explain what the atmosphere was like living under the shadow of the Cold War & possible nuclear annihilation, Stross does a terrific job evoking those troubling times. (edited) 3y
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