"If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself." - Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
TODAY'S BOOK:
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré
When the Berlin Wall came down, the spy novel was suddenly under threat - because most of the best spy novels had their roots in the cold war between East and West. The authors that specialise in that genre have meanwhile found new material in new conflicts, but the classic Spy v Spy novel has undergone a shift towards a kind of international intrigue that is somewhat different in scope and focus.
If ever there was a single name that stands out among the writers of spy novels, it is that of John le Carré. And if ever one book became the symbol of the genre, it is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Graham Greene, who had written the screenplay for that most iconic of spy films, The Third Man, called it "The best spy story I have ever read."
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