Otto Penzler Shares Stories about Ambler, Deighton, McCarry, John le Carré, and more (183)

Welcome to Episode 183 of the Spybrary Spy Book podcast.

This week, Spywrite‘s Jeff Quest welcomes Otto Penzler to the show. Otto shares stories from his many years of collecting books and meeting spy fiction authors.

You’ll hear stories about Eric Ambler, Charles McCarry, John le Carré and many more. , 

Plus, hear about his meeting with Len Deighton, how Ross Thomas nearly lost out on a million dollars, and a shocking revelation about a piece by Quiller writer Adam Hall.

All that in this episode.

The Mysterious Bookshop – https://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/ 

Mysterious Press – https://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/pages/mysterious-press 

Ross Thomas – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas_(author) 

The Great Detectives piece on Quiller – https://www.quiller.net/extras/greatdetquiller.html

The Otto Penzler Collection of British Espionage & Thriller Fiction – https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-catalogs/THE-PENZLER-COLLECTION-OF-ESPIONAGE?saleno=2209&viewby=Lot_asc 

Jeff’s Website – https://spywrite.com/ 

Jeff on Twitter – https://twitter.com/spywrite 

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