Paul Lynch

The 1980s British Conspiracy Thriller

Terror Struck by Shadows

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Produktbeschreibung

The British conspiracy cycle of the 1980s emerged in response to an increasingly Orwellian secret state in Great Britain. This book draws on original interviews with novelists, film-makers, and intelligence community insiders along with original case studies to explore one of the most politically charged periods in film and television history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9781666913156
• ISBN-10: 1666913154
• Artikelnr.: 64265475

Autorenporträt

By Paul Lynch

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: 'A world in which the heroes didn't win': The Hollywood
Conspiracy Thriller
Chapter Two: 'You don't catch flies with vinegar.': The European Conspiracy
Thriller
Chapter Three: 'The le Carré Syndrome': John le Carré's Influence on the
British Conspiracy Thriller
Chapter Four: The Enemy Within: Britain in the 1980s
Chapter Five: The Panoptic State: Conspiracy on British Television in the
1980s
Chapter Six: Defence of the Realm
Chapter Seven: The Whistle Blower
Chapter Eight: The Fourth Protocol
Conclusion: 'A mad, bad and dirty world.'
Bibliography
Further Reading
About the Author