Tag: Mick Herron
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Nicholas Wennö: Slow Horses Is the Timeliest Spy Series Ever
From Page to Screen: The Slow Horses Phenomenon Slow Horses has quietly grown into one of the most distinctive entries in modern spy fiction, a series that refuses the polished glamour of James Bond to celebrate the misfits who actually work espionage in the shadows. The author behind the trend, Mick Herron, has long crafted…
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Nicholas Wennö: Why Slow Horses Is the Fastest Spy Series of All Time
The Phenomenon Behind Slow Horses Sweden’s Nicholas Wennö has a sharp take on Mick Herron’s Slow Horses: the series is not just another spy story, but a puncturing of the genre’s swagger. Herron’s fictional MI5 unit, Slough House, houses the “loosers, misfits and boozers” who are consigned to the cold storage of British intelligence. Yet…
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Nicholas Wennö: Slow Horses Is the Quickest Spy Series Ever
Introduction: A critic’s answer to a genre relaunch In a recent conversation, Swedish critic Nicholas Wennö asked why Mick Herron—and a cadre of British writers—are so deft at sketching bureaucratic and political intrigue. Herron’s reply was blunt and revealing: political chess runs in their blood, just as cricket, shame, and boozy nights do. That sly…