The scenes in London's clubland, where arrogant spymasters down cocktails with braying City bankers, are especially well drawn.

伦敦夜总会里，高傲自大间谍头目们同伦敦商业行家们开怀畅饮，高声谈笑，作者对这一景描写尤为出彩。

Straiford president George Friedman says he sees the online world as a kind of mutuallyreinforcing tool for both information collection and distribution , a spymaster's dream.

该公司总裁乔治·德曼说，他把网络世界视为情报收集和情报发布两方面相互增强工具，是间谍们梦想。