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MYRON J. SMITH, JR., is Library Director and Professor of History at Tusculum College as well as a longtime bibliographer in numerous subject areas.

TERRY WHITE is an Assistant Professor of English at Kent State University, Ashtabula Campus, and a scholar of modern fiction.

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A new edition of the definitive bibliography of the modern spy-adventure-intrigue novel. First published in 1976, this edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. After a discussion of early spy fiction, Smith and White provide a detailed listing of novels from 1940 onward. The bibliography is organized alphabetically, with entries providing brief content annotations. Access is enhanced by cross references as well as appendixes and author and title indexes.

Among the new features provided with this edition are a bibliography of articles and books which reflect recent popular scholarship; an appendix, Craft Notes, in which writers themselves speak to concerns of their own choosing; and a glossary of terms on the fascinating and sometimes semantically bizarre language of espionage and spies. As Julian Rathbone writes in his foreword, "I am delighted that the Editors have given me this opportunity to recommend this new edition of Cloak and Dagger to all aficionados of that branch of fiction which has more to say about the way we live now than any other." An important reference tool for public and research libraries and their patrons interested in modern fiction and the spy novel.

Inhalt

Foreword by Julian Rathbone
Preface by Joe Poyer
Preface to the Reader
Introduction
Acknowledgments/Bibliography
The Early Spy Thrillers (to 1940)
A Golden Age and Beyond (1940 to the present)
Appendix A: Craft Notes
Appendix B: Guide to Pseudonyms
Appendix C: Guide to Characters in Series
Appendix D: Guide to Intelligence and Terrorist Organizations
Appendix E: Guide to the Jargon of Espionage (Spookspeak)
Author Index
Title Index