Read about another entry on the list.IS Berry is a former CIA agent, and her remarkably assured first novel, The Peacock and the Sparrow, has a palpable authenticity. Set in Bahrain during the first Arab spring, where ageing, cynical CIA spy Shane Collins’s private life is as complicated as his work, this captivatingly twisty tale has shades of both John le Carré and Graham Greene.
The Peacock and the Sparrow is among David McCloskey's top five spy novels.
Q&A with I.S. Berry.
The Page 69 Test: The Peacock and the Sparrow.
--Marshal Zeringue
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