Pictorial Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Prtg. 1st prtg. Oversize wrappers. Heavily sunned at spine and edges. Eric Ambler, Len deighten, Geoffrey Household, John Le Carre, Compton McKenzie, Ian Fleming --- these are just a few of the well-known authors included in this handy reference work. McCormick considers their most important or unusual work, analyzes their role in the development of spy fiction as a genre, and perhaps most impotantly, examines how spy fiction is often based on spy fact. 216 pages. Includes bibliography and appendex. Trade Paperback.