Books by Dan Fesperman
“Pariah is a funny read but the novel is more satire than parody. In the book, Hal Knight is a disgraced comedian-turned-politician whose career implodes after a #MeToo scandal. Just as his public life appears to be over, the CIA recruits him for an unlikely task: infiltrating the authoritarian regime of a fictional country, Bolrovia, an Eastern European dictatorship whose strongman leader, Nikolai Horvatz, happens to be a huge fan of Hal’s schoolboy humour.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Dan Fesperman were recommended
The Best Spy Books of 2025, recommended by Shane Whaley
2025 was another bumper year for spy novels, says Shane Whaley, host of Spybrary—the go-to podcast for lovers of spy books and movies. He talks us through his five favourite standalone books published this year, from a realistic novel about a duel between Mossad and Iran’s security apparatus, to a nonfiction book about a Cold War defector that reads like a thriller.
