Books by Joseph Hone
The Private Sector
by Joseph Hone
This book is about the Suez crisis, and it’s also about the Israel-Egypt stuff that went on 1967. It alternates between the two. At the centre of it is a classic mole hunt, which was very common in all of those British spy thrillers of the day, with a kind of Philby-esque character in it. It’s set mainly in Egypt, and it’s to do with double agents and also triple agents. It’s just brilliant characterisation but also an incredibly bleak picture. The depiction of Egypt is fantastically atmospheric; it’s a brilliant book.
Interviews where books by Joseph Hone were recommended
The Best Forgotten Cold War Thrillers, recommended by Jeremy Duns
Author Jeremy Duns says Maksim Isaev was a kind of Soviet James Bond and when they rerun the old black and white TV shows the Russian crime rate drops because everyone is indoors watching them
