Mané Guarda

Mané Guarda asked Olen Steinhauer:

Why did you choose to write about spies? Were you influenced by the old style or have you have experience with the subject?

Olen Steinhauer Though the short answer is, "I read John le Carre," I wouldn't have been so open to his influence if I hadn't already been obsessed with traveling in Europe. No, I don't have experience in the subject, but my years of traveling gave me a certain perspective on "exotic" locations and the experience of being a stranger in a strange place. Put that and other personal quirks together, and I suppose it all just comes out in my books.

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What do you think of the developments, the "illiberalism" in Hungary. Are you going to write about it?

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Max Lambright asked Olen Steinhauer:

Have any individuals from the "trade" contacted you to provide insight to the inner workings of the espionage world or even to "correct" some things that may need rectifying?

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