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English Seafood Cookery

By theretroculturati on June 10, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Rick Stein’s classic cookbook….

Drawing People by Paul Hogarth

By theretroculturati on June 3, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Review of Paul Hogarth’s ‘Drawing People’…

The Captain and the Enemy

By theretroculturati on May 28, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Review of Graham Greene’s ‘The Captain and the Enemy’….

How 007 Got His Name

By theretroculturati on May 4, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

James and Mary Wickham Bond….

Graham Greene’s ‘Brighton Rock’

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Review and information about Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock….

Remembering Vicky

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The life of the cartoonist ‘Vicky’…..

The Consul’s File

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Review of Paul Theroux’s The Consul’s File….

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Part ten: Reading Dan Fesperman's 'The Double Game' which is loaded with references to classic spy novels. Eric Ambler gets a deserved mention or two so here's four of mine, more covers from my collection to follow as the story unfolds... #danfesperman #spyfiction #bookshelf #bookstagram #bookworm #bookcollector #ericambler #bookstagram #instabook #books

Not featured in my current #danfesperman thread but an early Cold War thriller by #jamesbond author #johngardner from 1966 .#bookcollector #bookshelf #bookstagram #bookworm #spyfiction #spythriller #sixties

Part nine: Reading Dan Fesperman's 'The Double Game' which is loaded with references to classic spy novels. Delighted to see Joseph Hone gets a mention in the appendix, deserving of far greater credit. More covers from my collection to follow as the story unfolds... #bookcollector #danfesperman #spyfiction #bookshelf #josephhone #spythriller #bookworm #bookstagram #instabook

Part eight: Reading Dan Fesperman's 'The Double Game' which is loaded with references to classic spy novels. Le Carré's 'Connie Sachs' who features in the Karla trilogy gets a well deserved mention, more covers from my collection to follow as the story continues #bookcollector #danfesperman #spyfiction #bookshelf #instabook #johnlecarre #booklover #firstedition

Part seven: Reading Dan Fesperman's 'The Double Game' which is loaded with references to classic spy novels, this undoubted classic features many times already. .More covers from my collection to follow as the story unfolds.. #danfesperman #spyfiction #bookshelf #bookstagram #bookworm #bookcollector #johnlecarre #instabook

Part six: Reading Dan Fesperman's 'The Double Game' which is loaded with references to classic spy novels, by page 97 we get to one of the greatest of them all, more covers from my collection to follow as the story unfolds.. #bookcollector #bookstagram #danfesperman #lendeighton #spyfiction #spythriller #books #bookart #bookshelf #instabook

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