Intrigue: espionage and culture

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

Conclusions : little rooms.