'Slough House' Review: Britain's MI5 Spy Agency Proves More Comic Than Tragic : NPR
Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/972491904/972550058" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The new novel "Slough House" by Mick Herron is the seventh installment in his series about a team of bungling British spies who've been put out to pasture but keep getting involved in huge cases anyway. Our critic at large John Powers says the book confirms Herron's stature as the best spy novelist now working. JOHN POWERS, BYLINE: There are scads of talented spy novelists, but the ones who ...