Spies and Holy Wars: The Middle East in 20th-Century Crime Fiction

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U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s P r e s s A u s t i n The Middle East in 20th-Century Crime Fiction Reeva Spector Simon Copyright © 2010 by Reeva Spector Simon All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2010 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713–7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Simon, Reeva S. Spies and holy wars : the Middle East in 20th-century crime fiction / Reeva Spector Simon. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-72300-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. English fiction—20th century—History and criticism. 2. American fiction— 20th century—History and criticism. 3. Spy stories, English—History and criticism. 4. Spy stories, American—History and criticism. 5. Detective and mystery stories, English—History and criticism. 6. Detective and mystery stories, American—History and criticism. 7. Middle East—In literature. 8. Jihad in literature. 9. Espionage in literature. 10. Spies in literature. 11. Politics and literature—Great Britain—History—20th century. 12. Politics and literature—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. PR129.M54S58 2010 823'.08720935856—dc22 2010019019 F o r R i c h a r d B u l l i e t THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...