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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