''The Kites of War'' is a 1969
thriller novel
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Su ...
by the British writer
Derek Lambert. It is set on the Chinese-Indian frontier, where Lambert had worked as a
foreign correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, locati ...
.
[Burton p.233]
References
Bibliography
* Burton, Alan. ''Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
1969 British novels
Novels by Derek Lambert
British thriller novels
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