Ellroy Reads – The Cellist by Daniel Silva

For the latest episode of Ellroy Reads, I look at Daniel Silva’s contemporary spy novel The Cellist. Ellroy is a big fan of Silva’s Gabriel Allon series of novels, of which The Cellist is a fine example. Given the subject, I examine an issue which doesn’t pop up often in James Ellroy studies – could Ellroy be considered a spy writer?

Enjoy the episode: