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The anatomy of the spy novel

14 min•20 april 2026

From the gung-ho glamour of Ian Fleming’s James Bond to the decline and disorder of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses, postwar spy novels have captured the shifting myths, legends and caricatures surrounding the secret world. Read by Leighton Pugh.

Read the essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-anatomy-of-the-spy-novel/.

Image: Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr No (1962). Credit: Alamy

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