Spy fiction reveals the constructed nature of wartime sides

Evidence

His book The Prisoner of Guantánamo (2006), in addition to being a taut thriller, is an exposé of the position of internees at America’s most famous offshore penitentiary and a meditation on types of imprisonment and the double dealing of vested interests. However, here I wish to focus on his earlier novel The Warlord’s Son (2004), which once again explores the notion of “sides” and in which characters cross borders both geographical and cultural, learning more about themselves and the realities of their position in the process. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 337

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Adversaries in the Cold War held mirror-image perceptions of each other — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1573; Espionage logic makes allies and enemies arbitrarily interchangeable — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 410; The literary spy thriller can legitimately explore morality and identity — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 322
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adversaries in the Cold War held mirror-image perceptions of each other — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1573; Espionage logic makes allies and enemies arbitrarily interchangeable — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 410; The literary spy thriller can legitimately explore morality and identity — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 322

Broader Connections

• Espionage logic makes allies and enemies arbitrarily interchangeable #corroborates (0.92) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 410