{"product_id":"reading-espionage-fiction-martin-griffin-9781399520805","title":"Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era","description":"\u003ci\u003eReading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era\u003c\/i\u003e probes the ways in which the struggles and loyalties of political modernity have been portrayed in the espionage story over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Reading works by authors such as Somerset Maugham, Helen MacInnes, John le Carré, Sam E. Greenlee and Gerald Seymour as popular literature deserving of sustained attention, this book shows how these narratives have both created a modern genre and, at the same time, sought an escape from its limitations. Martin Griffin takes up the importance of plot and character and argues that, in this branch of fiction, the personal has always and ever been political.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399520806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399520805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d","brand":"Martin Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437483634943,"sku":"9781399520805","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f98bcae4-6127-491d-af52-cabdbc113e1a.jpg?v=1777162119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-espionage-fiction-martin-griffin-9781399520805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}