The Interesting Case of Anthony Price

Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price published 1974 I did a post on a spy thriller recently: Spies in Smart Dresses about David McCloskey’s London Station. And said that I read a lot of spy thrillers, but didn’t usually remember them. Commenter AdrianDominic – a highly trusted blogfriend – discussed this with me and recommended Anthony Price. I had tried him years ago and didn’t get on with him at all, but AD’s views made me think I should give him another chance. There had been another push in the right direction – this fabulous photo, which someone sent me when I was talking about Reginald Hill. It shows Julian Symons, Eric Ambler, Reginald Hill and Anthony Price on a visit to Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, in 1987. It was taken by the legendary Jane Bown. My immediate reaction was that Price looked nothing like I had imagined. Here, he looks like George Smiley. I had always imagined that he would look like Ian Richardson playing Bill Haydon. That’s because of the insufferable David…

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