Bibliography:
Cloak and Dagger Fiction: An
Annotated Guide
to Spy Thrillers,
3rd
Edition, Myron J. Smith, Jr. and Terry White;
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- This resource breaks spy authors into pre-
and post-1940 sets, with Ian Fleming being in the latter. Found
alphabetically,
Fleming’s entry provides a brief biography of the author, interspersing
brief
remarks on the success of the James Bond novels with events in
Fleming’s life.
The entry then reverts to an alphabetical bibliography of Fleming’s
works,
providing publishing information and brief content blurbs for some of
the
entries. Other Bond authors Kingsley Amis
and John
Gardner are also included in this work. A
pseudonym
appendix at the end of the book is helpful, especially in finding that
Robert
Markham, author of the Bond book Colonel Sun, was the pen-name of
Kingsley Amis. Another appendix provides a
useful guide to
real-world intelligence and terrorist organizations that are mentioned
in spy
books. Finally, another appendix provides a guide to “spookspeak”,
or spy jargon. An index of authors and titles is also provided in this
work.
