When the FT's Helen Warrell was growing up, she was really into spy novels.

英国《金融时报》的海伦·沃雷尔 (Helen Warrell) 在成长过程中非常喜欢间谍小说。

The late John le Carre wrote spy novels that were praised for transcending genre fiction and simply being great literature.

已故的约翰·勒卡雷创作的间谍小说因超越流派小说而被赞誉为伟大的文学作品。

But despite all the great spy novels and shaken not stirred martinis, the Cold War never did heat up in Europe.

但是，尽管有所有伟大的间谍小说和动摇不惊动的马提尼酒，冷战从未在欧洲升温。

It sounds like something out of a spy novel, but a mysterious nine one one call in 2014 had federal agents and the military combing the Detroit area for a Russian military officer.

这听起来像是间谍小说中的情节，但在 2014 年的一个神秘的九对一电话中， 联邦特工和军方在底特律地区搜寻一名俄罗斯军官。

Those who prefer their espionage thrillers lean and taut may be put off by this hulking tome, but like the stories in Marius's bravura trilogy Your Face Tomorrow, Thomas Nevinson is a different kind of spy novel.

那些喜欢精简版间谍惊悚片的人可能会被这本厚重的巨著拒之门外，但就像马吕斯的勇敢三部曲《明天你的脸》中的故事一样，托马斯·内文森是一部不同类型的间谍小说。