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On the Canadian side, I would note the two CSE novels by former Canadian intelligence community Rhiannon Beaubien.

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I find American spy novels to be excessively cliched storytelling, better suited for Netflix screenwriting.

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Couldnt agree more!

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Hey, I've been in Bahrain. Manana was rather nice. It's best to go in winter.

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Hello Wesley. I didn’t know you were into spy literature. Allow me to suggest my opus (shameless self-promotion ahead), The Data Raiders, about a Canadian version of Edward Snowden, which might be the polar opposite of the work you describe here. And set in Canada too!

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Try Damascus Station.

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Hi Wesley - I appreciate your reflections on the spy genre. But a small factual correction: Haverford College is a small, elite liberal arts college near Philadelphia, but it has never been a women's college, like Smith or Wellesley.

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