How the rise of spy novels was spurred by the Cold War and a fictional China
- Posted on September 15, 2024
- By South China Morning Post
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How the rise of spy novels was spurred by the Cold War and a fictional China
Amid the Cold War, a particular style of pulp fiction, stepped in a clichéd, Orientalist version of China, caught the imagination of authors and readers halfway across the world