on Double Agents: Espionage, Literature, and Liminal Citizens

[Rev'd Seventy-Six]

And if the subject is spies, authors and ambivalent sexuality,
wouldn't hurt to discuss real-life spies like David Cornwell (John Le
Carre, who surprised me with his gentle, non-judgmental attitude
toward gay agents) or the great beast AC, who, rotten poesy aside,
made England proud with his brief turn at tradecraft.

On 5/9/13, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, why were white, gay bourgeois writers interested in spying? Does this
> mean TRP is...gay? (joke) Or just liminal?
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