Minstrel’s Alley Discounting The Guys Who Spied for China for Summer Promotion
Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) July 31, 2013 -- Minstrel’s Alley is discounting the price of the The Guys Who Spied for China for summer promotion. With so many summer readers looking for a fresh perspective and with so much rancor concerning Chinese Cyberattacks and Chinese Espionage, Minstrel’s Alley Publisher, M.J. Hammond thinks summer the perfect time to engage a whole new readership.
“The Guys Who Spied for China is a roman a clef written by Gordon Basichis,” said Hammond. “The novel is based on Basichis’ offbeat experiences in working to uncover Chinese Espionage Networks in the United States. Basichis narrates how it all began and the attempts that were made to suppress Chinese spying efforts in the United States.
“This is not your typical spy novel,” said Hammond. “It is a quirky and intimate novel that is often darkly humorous. It is character based and offers a unique perspective. It’s a great book for spy and mystery freaks, but Gordon Basichis gives the subject an entirely different spin. Women enjoy reading it as well as men. In fact, some of our best feedback has been from women.”
Hammond explained how the news media headlines are rife with stories dealing with Chinese spies and Chinese cyberattacks. “There are ominous warnings about the Chinese military buildup and the stealing of American technology,” said Hammond. Pundits like to act as if this is something new. But it is hardly new. As the novel narrates, U.S. intelligence sources first got wind of Chinese espionage efforts at least in the early eighties when the Chinese government was still using disaffected Americans and European Maoists to do their spying. Of course, a lot has changed since then, and the book captures the transition from largely domestic spies to mainly Chinese operatives.”
The Minstrel’s Alley publisher pointed out there is an ideological reason for promoting the book. She noted how American citizens should be more aware of the Chinese efforts to undermine American security. “We are in an odd place with China. On one hand we cooperate with them. But on the other, by stealing our technology, they pose a constant threat to American economic and national security. People should know the story.
“The Guys Who Spied for China is a wild ride and there are those who don’t believe it’s true. While some of it is indeed fiction, much of it is drawn from the author’s very real experiences. At the time the book was first pitched, no one believed the Chinese were so aggressive with their spying efforts. Gordon Basichis told me how people would listen and ask, how is this possible? Now we know better. By the time someone in Hollywood buys the film rights to this book and does the movie, we will all be taking it for granted.
Background: Minstrel’s Alley is a Los Angeles based independent publisher that seeks to bring adventure back into the publishing industry by publishing books that have popular appeal but with more complexity than the standard mainstream fare. The new publishing group distributes its books through Amazon, Kindle, and assorted Internet outlets as well as through bookstores around the country. You can view Minstrel’s Alley at http://www.minstrelsalley.com
M.J. Hammond, Minstrel's Alley, http://www.minstrelsalley.com, +1 (310) 488-0039, [email protected]
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