Thursday, August 20, 2015

Readalikes: If you enjoyed August's selection . . .

If you enjoyed A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre, then you might also like these books and films suggested by our discussion group members:

  • The novels of Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, and John Le Carré, especially Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which is based on the events that exposed the Cambridge Five traitors.
  • The nonfiction books A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS by Jennet Conant; Perjury: The Hiss–Chambers Case by Allen Weinstein; and Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal, Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies, and Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre.
  • The James Bond movies; the movie version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; the movie The Imitation Game; the television series The Bletchley Circle; and the television series MI-5.
You might also want to visit the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., which features the largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever placed on public display. You can learn more at www.spymuseum.org.

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