Rezensionen: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”

Besprechungen in der New York Times von Michiko Kakutani und Olen Steinhauer, National Post von Philip Marchand und im Telegraph von Jon Stock (bitte jeweils auf den Namen des Rezensenten klicken).

Interview: Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan tells Jon Stock about the pleasure of writing a spy novel with a twist – and why he believes it’s high time John le Carré won the Booker Prize.

Artikel: CIA agents use pseudonyms to review spy fiction

CIA spooks regularly review spy fiction for a classified in-house journal, rating John le Carré above American writers for his veracity, reports Jon Stock.

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Portrait: James Oswald

James Oswald thinks up plots on his cattle and sheep farm, and has just won a six-figure deal. a potrait by Tom Rowley.

Rezension: Ellen Ullman: “By Blood”

Melissa Katsoulis is impressed by a grown-up exploration of the twisted paths of identity . San Francisco in the Seventies, with the Zodiac Killer at large and the economy in stagflation, is the setting for this haunting new novel.

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Rezensionen: Davis, Taylor, Shepherd, Kerr

Jake Kerridge surveys the latest crop of historical crime novels, including Lindsey Davis’ “The Ides of April”, Andrew Taylor’s “The Scent of Death”, Lynn Shepherd’s “A Treacherous Likeness” and Philip Kerr’s “A Man without Breath”.

Artikel: “Casino Royale”: 60 years old

Ian Fleming’s James Bond novel “Casino Royale” was first published on April 13 1953 and there is an intriguing tale behind the original screenplay of the 007 film adaptation.

Rezension: Elias Khoury: “White Masks”

The murder of a befuddled old man on the streets of Beirut is investigated by an amateur sleuth in this early novel from Elias Khoury, the extravagantly talented Lebanese author who appears to be on the verge of achieving overnight success.

Rezension: Julia Crouch: “Tarnished”

This being a crime novel – and one by Crouch, who we know has a penchant for darkness and menace – you can guess that when Peg, the protagonist of “Tarnished”, starts to look into the family background, her life doesn’t stay simple and straight-forward for long.

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Kurzrezension: Matthew Klein: “No Way Back”

“No Way Back” is a deliciously written book, full of slick phrases, great characters and dark comedy, coupled with a plot that keeps driving forward relentlessly – yet when Terry Ramsey finished it he wanted to throw the book across the room.

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Portrait: John le Carré

The background to John le Carré’s novels has always been amoral, but in “A Delicate Truth”, the all-powerful state has torn up the rule book.

Artikel: John le Carré gets personal for new novel

Spy writer John le Carré’s new novel, “A Delicate Truth”, hints at personal secrets and is his most autobiographical for years, says Jon Stock.

Artikel: “Gone Girl” represents a much-needed departure from Bridget Jones

Are you reading “Gone Girl” yet? If not, you should be. Katy Brand welcomes a book telling the tale of a young married couple. The story signals a move away from ‘the single gal’ as the principle driving force in fictional representations of women in popular culture.

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Artikel: Derek B Miller: is it frivolous to be a novelist?

Novelist and international affairs specialist Derek B Miller muses on which of his two jobs is the more important – and the role storytelling plays in both.

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Artikel: Playing politics with Agatha Christie’s disappearance

David Suchet offers new observations about the Queen of Crime’s 11-day vanishing act in Perspectives: The Mystery of Agatha Christie, says Matthew Sweet.

Rezension: Javier Marías: “The Infatuations”

Into the world of today’s thrillers of massacres and media manipulation, drone strikes and biological weapons steps Spanish novelist Javier Marías with a simple blade with which he pares back the form to its essence: a single death and the attempt at its cover up.

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Rezension: Frank Lentricchia: “The Accidental Pallbearer”

Set in the down-at-heel city of Utica in New York State, it features equally down-at-heel private detective Eliot Conte, whose personal life is a shambles, whose health is collapsing and whose work is erratic (but, nevertheless, he can still pull attractive women, of course)

Rezension: Elly Griffiths: “A Dying Fall”

It’s a rare crime story that can bring together neo-Nazis, New Age hippies, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and the archaeology of early Britain. But Griffiths’s fifth novel in her Ruth Galloway series pulls it off with aplomb.

Portrait: Fred Vargas

France’s most acclaimed crime writer is a fan of both Stendhal and P G Wodehouse. Jake Kerridge meets the delightfully deceiving Fred Vargas.

Rezension: Mark Owen & Kevin Maurer: “No Easy Day”

Owen has adopted a pseudonym to write the book. He maintains the book is essential to de-bunk some of the myths around the raid and gives a fascinating insight into the 38 minute mission that led to the death of the world’s most notorious terrorist.

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