I Invented The Historical Spy Novel.

The Printing Presses Of The State Treasuries Cranked Out Reams Of Paper Currency- Showing Wise Kinds And Blissful Martyrs- While Bankers Wept And Peasants Starved.

I Don't Inflict Horrors On Readers.

My Novels Are About The European Reality, Not About Chases. You Want Chases, Get Somebody Else's Books.

I Read Very Little Contemporary Anything.

I'm Basically An Upper West Side Jewish Writer.