contemporary artifacts

Tag: espionage

  • The Shanghai Factor

    The Shanghai Factor

    The Shanghai FactorCharles McCarry; Mysterious Press 2013 This read like a manuscript from 1975 with ‘Vietnam’ replaced by ‘Afghanistan’ and a few passing references to cell phones added to make it feel contemporary. If we are meant to care any more for the bland, patrician, quietly psychotic main character than any of the flat, unmotivated supporting…

  • The Way of the Knife

    The Way of the Knife

    The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the EarthMark Mazzetti; Penguin 2013  Â