{"product_id":"9781399826327","title":"Spies and Other Gods","description":"Author: James Wolff\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399826327\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eFrom a former spy comes an electrifying novel about the mystery, paranoia and ruthlessness of the secretive world of British espionage\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully entertaining' John Banville, author of Booker Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wolff offers a subtler version of comic spy fiction that treats its characters as amusing, fascinating and sometimes poignant enigmas' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Wolff is the new maestro' Simon Sebag Montefiore\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Head of British Intelligence is having a bad day. Only six months off retirement and Sir William Rentoul is wondering if he'll make it that far, what with the sudden descent of a brain fog dense enough to turn every day into a series of small humiliations.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make matters worse, Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee - the body that oversees Sir William - has received an anonymous complaint from one of his officers. Sir William dimly recalls accepting that there should be a channel for whistleblowers, but he never expected that they would pick his most sensitive case, one involving an Iranian assassin and a trail of dead bodies, or that the person who turned up to poke their nose into his files should be a lowly parliamentary researcher named Aphra McQueen, who displays smarts, tenacity and rebelliousness in unsettling measures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAphra seems to know more about the operation than she is letting on. What will she uncover? What is she \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e up to? And can she survive the unexpected events that will bounce her from London to Birmingham to Paris to Lausanne?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinarily good' \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memorable voice in the genre' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46713715556510,"sku":"ADS-9781399826327","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399826327.jpg?v=1776039150","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399826327","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}