Do you like a good spy novel? Do you love le Carré and Graham Greene? Then we hope, with great sincerity, that you are reading the work of Joseph Kanon. His latest, Shanghai, centers around the city’s lesser known freewheeling WWII history and some of the lawless people who escaped the war to be there. Tune in to find out why he is fascinated by spy novels, and what he calls “spy adjacent novels”, that capture such rich moments in history.


Books mentioned in this week's episode:

Shanghai by Joseph Kanon

The Good German by Joseph Kanon

Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon

Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon

The Prodigal Spy by Joseph Kanon

The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon

Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon

Defectors by Joseph Kanon

Alibi by Joseph Kanon

The Accomplice by Joseph Kanon

The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Barry

Winter Work by Dan Fesperman

The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman

Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman

The Letter Writer by Dan Fesperman

Unmanned by Dan Fesperman

The Double Game by Dan Fesperman

Layover in Dubai by Dan Fesperman

The Arms Maker of Berlin by Dan Fesperman

The Prisoner of Guantanamo by Dan Fesperman

The Warlord's Son by Dan Fesperman

The Small Boat of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman

Lie in the Dark by Dan Fesperman


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