The "Detective Novel of Manners" is the title of an essay written by Carolyn Heilbrun (Cross's pen-name) and contained in Hamlet's Mother and Other Women (1990). It contains her musings on the English class system, English imperialism, and detective fiction.
Themes and techniques used in An Imperfect Spy may be loosely traced to the work of John le Carre, particularly Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974). In this novel George Smiley works as a mole or double agent just like Harriet in An Imperfect Spy. The novel also has elements of Dorothy Sayers's Gaudy Night (1935), with its community of women scholars, the relationship of Harriet Vane.....
This is a free excerpt of 106 words. This section contains 208 words. This
Short Guide contains 2,159 words (approx. 7 pages at 300
words per page).
Read the rest of this Short Guide with our An Imperfect Spy Access Pass.
