*Joseph C. Goulden, the author of The Death Merchant, wrote an interesting review of two spy thrillers in The Washington Times.
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Goulden dismisses Olen Steinhauer's The Nearest Exit and calls the poor novel "a truly odious piece of political pornography."
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Goulden laments Steinhauer's (and a good number of other spy thriller writers') lack of knowledge about the real world of espionage.
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"Unfortunately for reality, publishers dote on writers adept at concocting off-the-wall "thrillers" that read like rantings from a psychiatric ward. Why? Nonsense sells," Goulden (seen in the below photo) wrote in his review.
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*There are, however, Goluden notes, writers in the intelligence genre who make a point of knowing something about their subject mater before siting down at the word processor.
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A King of the pack is Frederick Forsyth (seen in the below photo).
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*"The difference between Mr. Forsyth and the aforementioned imaginative hacks is that he does his homework and relies on factual research, not simply whatever nutty conspiracy nonsense should waft his way," Goulden wrote.
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Goulden goes on to highly praise Forsyth's latest thriller, The Cobra.
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You can read Goulden's review via the below link:
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*I interviewed Goulden for my piece on the International Spy Museum and the myth, the mystique and the history of espionage for Counterterrorism magazine.
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You can read the piece via the below links:
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