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intrigue allan hepburn Intrigue espionage and culture yale university press new haven & london Copyright © 2005 by Allan Hepburn. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Set in FontShop Scala and Scala Sans by Duke & Company, Devon, Pennsylvania. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hepburn, Allan. Intrigue : espionage and culture / Allan Hepburn. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-300-10498-7 (alk. paper) 1. Spy stories, English—History and criticism. 2. American fiction—20th century— History and criticism. 3. English fiction—20th century—History and criticism. 4. Spy stories, American—History and criticism. 5. Espionage, American—History— 20th century. 6. Espionage, British—History—20th century. 7. Spy films—History and criticism. 8. Espionage in literature. 9. Spies in literature. I. Title. PR888.S65H47 2004 823′.087209091—dc22 2004015680 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Com- mittee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Audrey Hepburn, 1932–2002 contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii part one: on being thrilled 1 Spies: A Theory of Intrigue 3 2 Thrills:Fear and Catharsis as Ideological E¤ects 24 3 Codes:Self-Evident Meaning in Narratives of Intrigue 49 part two: fronts 4 Ghosts: Illegitimacy and Commitment in Under Western Eyes 81 5 Sewers: Fantasies of Death and Disgust in The Third Man 110 6 Collaborations: Love and War in The Heat of the Day 134 viii contents 7 Walls: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold as Allegory 166 8 Leaks: Fighting the Queer Cold War in The Untouchable 187 part three: how big the world 9 Disappearances: Missing Bodies in Sabbatical 231 10 Democracy: The Death of a Spy 254 11 Conclusion: Little Rooms 276 Notes 289 Works Cited 303 Index 323

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Why do spies have such cachet in the twentieth century? Why do they keep reinventing themselves? What do they mean in a political process? This book examines the tradition of the spy narrative from its inception in the late nineteenth century through the present day. Ranging from John le Carr?’s b
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intrigue allan hepburn Intrigue espionage and culture yale university press new haven & london Copyright © 2005 by Allan Hepburn. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Set in FontShop Scala and Scala Sans by Duke & Company, Devon, Pennsylvania. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hepburn, Allan. Intrigue : espionage and culture / Allan Hepburn. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-300-10498-7 (alk. paper) 1. Spy stories, English—History and criticism. 2. American fiction—20th century— History and criticism. 3. English fiction—20th century—History and criticism. 4. Spy stories, American—History and criticism. 5. Espionage, American—History— 20th century. 6. Espionage, British—History—20th century. 7. Spy films—History and criticism. 8. Espionage in literature. 9. Spies in literature. I. Title. PR888.S65H47 2004 823′.087209091—dc22 2004015680 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Com- mittee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Audrey Hepburn, 1932–2002 contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii part one: on being thrilled 1 Spies: A Theory of Intrigue 3 2 Thrills:Fear and Catharsis as Ideological E¤ects 24 3 Codes:Self-Evident Meaning in Narratives of Intrigue 49 part two: fronts 4 Ghosts: Illegitimacy and Commitment in Under Western Eyes 81 5 Sewers: Fantasies of Death and Disgust in The Third Man 110 6 Collaborations: Love and War in The Heat of the Day 134 viii contents 7 Walls: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold as Allegory 166 8 Leaks: Fighting the Queer Cold War in The Untouchable 187 part three: how big the world 9 Disappearances: Missing Bodies in Sabbatical 231 10 Democracy: The Death of a Spy 254 11 Conclusion: Little Rooms 276 Notes 289 Works Cited 303 Index 323

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Why do spies have such cachet in the twentieth century? Why do they keep reinventing themselves? What do they mean in a political process? This book examines the tradition of the spy narrative from its inception in the late nineteenth century through the present day. Ranging from John le Carr?’s b
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