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John le Carré and the Cold War
Toby Manning
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing
, 2018-01-25
主題
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Criticism / Comparative Literature
History / Modern / 20th Century / General
Literary Criticism / General
ISBN
1350036412
9781350036413
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WHpADwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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John le Carré and the Cold War
explores the historical contexts and political implications of le Carré's major Cold-War novels. The first in-depth study of le Carré this century, this book analyses his work in light of key topics in 20th-century history, including containment of Communism, decolonization, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, the Cambridge spy-ring, the Vietnam War, the 70s oil crisis and Thatcherism.
Examining
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1963),
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
(1974),
Smiley's People
(1979) and other novels, this book offers an illuminating picture of Cold-War Britain, while situating le Carré's work alongside that of George Orwell, Graham Greene and Ian Fleming. Providing a valuable contribution to contemporary understandings of both British spy fiction and post-war fiction, Toby Manning challenges the critical consensus to reveal a considerably less radical writer than is conventionally presented.