Reading
Books I've read, notes on the good ones, and a running list of what's next on the shelf.
Gabriel Allon: The Spy Who Restored Paintings
Over 25 novels, Silva built a world where restoring Old Master paintings and the violent craft of espionage exist in the same man — and somehow it never feels like a contradiction.
The Cold War Trio: Le Carré, Deighton, and Forsyth
Three British writers who built the template that every spy novelist since has either followed or reacted against.