The Trouble with Writing China-set Spy Novels – Mekong Review, Nov 2022-Jan 2023

The new edition of the Mekong Review is out – all excellent content as ever – and I have a rather tongue-in-cheek piece on the history of China and the spy novel and the problems implicit in crafting a good espionage tale in the era of Xi Jinping. The Mekong Review is a subscription publiction (in paper and online) and well worth supporting – click here.