Espionage In Fact And Fiction: William Boyd On Ian Fleming, John Le Carre And Kim Philby

William Boyd, who has written the latest James Bond continuation novel, Solo, wrote three interesting pieces for the British newspaper the Guardian.

Two of the pieces were on spy thriller writers Ian Fleming and John le Carre and the third piece was on the notorious British spy and traitor Kim Philby.

You can read Boyd's take on Ian Fleming via the below link:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/19/ian-flemings-commandos-nicholas-rankin-review

And you can read Boyd's take on John le Carre via the below link:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/16/tinker-tailor-a-z-william-boyd

And you can read Boyd's take on Kim Philby via the below link:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/sep/23/featuresreviews.guardianreview31