My recent reading about North Korea (see “Putting a Face on North Korean Hunger,” below) led me to another novel set there but much removed from the rural world of The Ginseng Hunter. In a police state, even the police are policed. That seems obvious enough. But in Hidden Moon, Inspector O of the Ministry [...]
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A novel of revived Cold War espionage
by Rick Skwiot November 1, 2010 BooksIf today’s international fanatical terrorism makes you nostalgic for the Cold War, when the U.S., U.K. et al parried with a rational if ruthless U.S.S.R. (never mind the proxy wars in Angola, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, etc. and the threat of nuclear annihilation), then Alex Dryden’s new espionage novel Moscow Sting may be your cup [...]