Oliver Buckton is professor of English at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900: The Changing Enemy and The World Is Not Enough: A Biography of Ian Fleming. He lives in Delray Beach, Florida.

Buckton has done his research well. In six concise and well-written chapters, he discusses major novels of top-ranking British Cold War spy novelists and describes myriad ways in which their plots were shaped by their authors World War II experiences…. Reading about the historical origins of spy fiction is often as interesting as reading spy fiction itself. Counterfeit Spies is a great example.

Oliver Buckton is professor of English at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900: The Changing Enemy and The World Is Not Enough: A Biography of Ian Fleming. He lives in Delray Beach, Florida.

Buckton has done his research well. In six concise and well-written chapters, he discusses major novels of top-ranking British Cold War spy novelists and describes myriad ways in which their plots were shaped by their authors World War II experiences…. Reading about the historical origins of spy fiction is often as interesting as reading spy fiction itself. Counterfeit Spies is a great example.

Oliver Buckton is professor of English at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900: The Changing Enemy and The World Is Not Enough: A Biography of Ian Fleming. He lives in Delray Beach, Florida.

Buckton has done his research well. In six concise and well-written chapters, he discusses major novels of top-ranking British Cold War spy novelists and describes myriad ways in which their plots were shaped by their authors World War II experiences…. Reading about the historical origins of spy fiction is often as interesting as reading spy fiction itself. Counterfeit Spies is a great example.