Table of Contents:
  • Spies : a theory of intrigue
  • Thrills : fear and catharsis as ideological effects
  • Codes : self-evident meaning in narratives of intrigue
  • Ghosts : illegitimacy and commitment in Under western eyes
  • Sewers : fantasies of death and disgust in The third man
  • Collaborations : love and war in The heat of the day
  • Walls : The spy who came in from the cold as allegory
  • Leaks : fighting the queer cold war in The untouchable
  • Disappearances : missing bodies in Sabbatical
  • Democracy : the death of a spy.