>>24663371 (OP)
I read the Bourne trilogy years before hey ever thought about the movie. Plus many other spy novels from that period around then. To pick a unique one? I particularly liked this one series of pulp spy novel.
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Dont remember th name of the series, but the name of the one book in the series? "the Sinkiang Executive". That series. Totally unique spy. He's all... down to earth, practical. all the usual spy tropes are done away with.