Reading Recommendations

[TheAuldGrump]

I'd advise some LeCarre. Then, try reading some of LeCarre's novels. When you've done this, consider checking out some LeCarre. If you like LeCarre, you can't go wrong with his contemporary, LeCarre.

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I think you get my point.

Oh, and Graham Greene.

If you don't feel too discriminating, the Mack Bolan series are chockful of things to rip off in your Spycraft games. They're deliriously stupid, full of macho posturing, and loaded with half-assed research...sort of like a Clancy novel, but without the rampant conservatism and much more fun.

Hmmm, but what about LeCarre? (Much more methodical espionage than many... being a spy is often a long, dreadfully dull, job. This is why I liked Smiley's People so much.)

The Auld Grump

[Pegasus3c]

Vince Flynn! Thanks, I coudln't remember and didn't have the library close at hand lol.

[Mister Andersen]

I'd just like to add Greg Rucka's Crime Bible - a just completed 5 issue mini-series from DC featuring Renee Montoya as the new Question - to the list.

[Desertpuma]

Yeah.... Mack Bolan, Phoenix Force, Able Team, Stony Man, and all those series were for the most part written by one guy while for a good fun read they aren't bad.

[Trigger]

Has anyone read "The Cleaner" by Bret Battle?  It came out a while ago in hardcover and I never picked it up.  It is slated to be out next month in paperback.