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As a reader who enjoys espionage thrillers, this book brought smiles to my face. Having read many(maybe 20%) of the referenced novels, I had FUN reading this book. Occasionally, the author seemed to lose focus or written the story into a corner, like the proverbial floor painter; then, a literary reference appears and the story rolls again. Fesperman does so well with fictional history. It all seems so real and plausible, he has the ability to create a willing suspension of disbelief; even when the reader knows that it is only sometimes awkward fiction. I really enjoyed this book.


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The Double Game Dan Fesperman Books Reviews

I normally love spy novels, and while this was sort of a meta spy novel, I did not really like it. I wish I could say I remember what the main story is but even after it being 'resolved', I don't think much was actually resolved. To me, the best part of this novel is the idea of a relationship between father and son and how they can change as things change throughout the years. This book did a better job highlighting a grandfather / father / son relationship group highlighting how each father & son relationship was different and impacted the others. As a study into that relationship, it was great. As a meta spy craft novel, it was middling to mediocre at best.
I have read, or listened, to all of Fesperman's novels; I consider him one of the very good authors within the espionage genre. I found this book somewhat painful to read; it rambled, it was confusing - names, scenarios that seemed almost non-sequiturs; I could not understand where the book, plot, characters were heading; although I am familiar with most of the books and authors referenced, or alluded to, by the hero - it all seemed almost irrelevant, or esoteric, to much of anything in the plot. Characters were shallow; the revelation about his father seemed trite and almost silly in its banality. There really did not seem any purpose to the storyline - I kept waiting for something meaningful to happen - but it was mostly a stereotypical plot at best. The action sequences seemed to be out of a bad "B" movie.

I will give Fesperman another chance, but not too many more.
One of the best spy novels I have read in quite a long time. Or is it really a novel??? Lots of twists and turns and colorful characters. Mr. Fesperman is both a good story-teller and a good writer.
The Double Game is nicely written spy novel. Much of the book takes place in Central Europe, which the author seems to know something about and renders well. The insights are paired off against the plot in judicious quantity, and the settings and characters are not cliched.

There are a couple of flaws. You just knew that daddy was gay but would be forgiven with a nice big hug. And you knew, because you've read a lot of hyped plotting lately, that the payoff could not equal the body count and the level of mayhem. But it was a nice try.
Read this book in a day! I have loved spy novels since my first Helen Mc Mc lnnes novel read in high school in the late 50`s ( when was finally permitted to leaave children`s section of the fee library). So many of the novelists mentioned were my favorite authors as well! NOT a spoiler early in the novel the protagonist state after the fall of the Berlin Wall spy novels were not the same. I feel the same way and really only enjoy books that resrrurect those days. I did feel the ending was bit weak but what a great read
This book was written for people who miss the competition between Max and the Sandman. It is a good read, but every page alludes to Burgess, McLean, Philby, Blunt, Greene, LeCarre, McCarry, Deighton, and others. If those names resonate for you, this novel will be fun. If you have never heard those names, this novel will leave you very confused about what was real and what was fiction during the Cold War. There is enough real danger, however, from a surprisingly plausible contemporary threat to keep the suspense level high.
This book is great fun if you are a fan of books of the golden age
of spy novels, extending roughly from Eric ambler through the end
the cold war.

This pastiche through quotes, characters and style uses the
"tradecraft" and techniques of these books to guide our hero through
today's Europe on an entertaining chase.

When the plot brings back old techniques from masters of spy
literature you are engulfed in nostalgia for the classic books you
read years ago when they were a best sellers. The style also
captures the era, and subtle reuses of literary devices make you
remember and chuckle.

As he describes the events, characters, and procedures of the books
the "handler" uses to manipulate our hero it also becomes book
length review of the classics of the genre, as well as a list of 222
such books in the most useful appendix. It has provided me
with a list of books I want to read or re-read from that era, I
hope they are still around at and have been "Kindlized".
Readers, be sure and check the wonderful Edwin Lemaster books
on .

So, why not 5 stars? Only 4 because the lead characters, father,
son, girl-friend and villain are all pretty anodyne and hard to
care much about. Unlike, say Le Carre's Smiley, who I continue to
empathize with 30 some years after he "retired".
As a reader who enjoys espionage thrillers, this book brought smiles to my face. Having read many(maybe 20%) of the referenced novels, I had FUN reading this book. Occasionally, the author seemed to lose focus or written the story into a corner, like the proverbial floor painter; then, a literary reference appears and the story rolls again. Fesperman does so well with fictional history. It all seems so real and plausible, he has the ability to create a willing suspension of disbelief; even when the reader knows that it is only sometimes awkward fiction. I really enjoyed this book.