Kiss kiss, bang bang : the boom in British thrillers from Casino royale to The eagle has landed : how Britain lost an empire but its secret agents saved the world /
by Ripley, Mike.
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BookPublisher: London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017Description: xx, 428 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780008172237 (hbk.) :; 0008172234 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 823.0872 RIPSubject(s): Suspense fiction, English -- History and criticism | English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Literature | LiteratureSummary: In 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang', Mike Ripley examines the rise of the thriller from the austere 1950s through the boom time of the Swinging Sixties and early 1970s. Drawing upon conversations with many of the authors mentioned in the book, he shows how British writers, working very much in the shadow of World War II, came to dominate the field of adventure thrillers and the two types of spy story - spy fantasy (as epitomised by Ian Fleming's James Bond) and the more realistic spy fiction created by Deighton, Le Carre and Ted Allbeury, plus the many variations (and imitators) in between.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 823.0872 RIP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002945131X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang', Mike Ripley examines the rise of the thriller from the austere 1950s through the boom time of the Swinging Sixties and early 1970s. Drawing upon conversations with many of the authors mentioned in the book, he shows how British writers, working very much in the shadow of World War II, came to dominate the field of adventure thrillers and the two types of spy story - spy fantasy (as epitomised by Ian Fleming's James Bond) and the more realistic spy fiction created by Deighton, Le Carre and Ted Allbeury, plus the many variations (and imitators) in between.
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