A Conversation with Spy Author Adam Brookes

Today’s guest is writer Adam Brookes. Adam spent over a decade working for the BBC, appearing on television and radio while crisscrossing the globe and spending extended amount of time in both China and the US. He’s also written for publications such Foreign Policy and The Economist. His first espionage novel, Night Heron, was released in 2014 and was followed by Spy Games and The Spy’s Daughter. 

His most recent book is Fragile Cargo: China's Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City currently out in the UK and releasing February 14th in the US.

We discuss his past as a foreign correspondent, the ethics of a reporter spy, how to understand the government in China and his spy novels. Plus the forgotten history of China in WW2, his new book Fragile Cargo and what he thinks about le Carré’s The Honourable Schoolboy. All that and much much more in this episode.

Discussed in the episode:

Adam’s Website - https://www.adambrookes.com/ 

Adam’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/AdamBrookesWord 

Adam’s spy trilogy - Night Heron, Spy Games, The Spy’s Daughter - https://www.adambrookes.com/philip-mangan-series 

Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City - 

US - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fragile-Cargo/Adam-Brookes/9781982149291 

UK - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/441577/fragile-cargo-by-brookes-adam/9781784743796 

The le Carré Cast - https://lecarrecast.com/ 

Jeff’s Website - https://spywrite.com/ 

Jeff on Twitter - https://twitter.com/spywrite