![]() ![]() ![]() Spanning three decades and leapfrogging from New York to the Caribbean to the West African nation of Burkina Faso, this literary thriller leads us into unfamiliar territory. ![]() This fan-dance of identity - with its many concealments and revelations - is central to American Spy, an excitingly sharp debut novel by the talented newcomer Lauren Wilkinson. "The more identities a man has," Smiley says, "the more they express the person they conceal." How?Ībout halfway through John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, its wise old hero George Smiley is discussing the inherent paradox of the cover stories that spies adopt. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title American Spy Author Lauren Wilkinson ![]()
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