Here is an extraordinary collection of the world's best literary espionage, selected by Alan Furst, a contemporary master of the genre. <b>The Book of Spies</b> brings us the aristocratic intrigues of <b>The Scarlet Pimpernel,</b> in which French émigrés duel with Robespierre's secret service; the savage political realities of the 1930s in Eric Ambler's classic <b>A Coffin for Dimitrios</b>; the ordinary (well, almost) citizens of John le Carré's <b>The Russia House</b>, who are drawn into Cold War spy games; and the 1950s Vietnam of Graham Greene's <b>The Quiet American</b>, with its portrait of American idealism <i>and</i> duplicity. Drawing on acknowledged classics and rediscovered treasures, <b>A Book of Spies</b> delivers literate entertainment and excitement on every page.