They very rarely carry guns.ĭaniel Silva’s debut novel “The Unlikely Spy” falls very much into the latter camp of spy fiction. His heroes are not supermen but professorial old men who spend most of their time in an office. John Le Carre is probably the best known writer of this type of spy fiction. Generally more cerebral and less action-oriented, this camp of spy fiction looks at the minutiae of espionage, as well as the ethics and the human costs involved. The other camp is, perhaps, a more mature and realistic approach to spy fiction. This camp, due to its popularity, has, over the years, almost become a parody of itself, with everything from TV’s “Alias” to “The Kingsman” movies, as well as children’s films like “Spy Kids” and “Despiccable Me”, poking fun at the genre. Ian Fleming’s James Bond and Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne are examples of this type. One is the more familiar “male fantasy” action-adventure story in which the hero is ridiculously uncomplicated, possesses almost supernatural strength and agility, and has access to the most state-of-the-art surveillance technology and weaponry.
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