Jan 4, 2010

The Icarus Agenda | Literary Precedents

The Icarus Agenda is a novel of political intrigue of the sort that is commonly found on best-seller lists. Its antecedents include such diverse novels as Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey's Seven Days in May and John le Carre's Smiley's People, which have in common the creation of realistic backgrounds and tough, direct prose, which enhances their matter-of-fact tone. They differ from such tales of international espionage as the James Bond books in that they avoid high flights of technological fantasy and prodigious sexual performances of their heroes. Still,...