How did the author decide to portray the complex moral ambiguities of espionage?
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The Russia House

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How did the author decide to portray the complex moral ambiguities of espionage?
Did anyone else feel the pacing slowed down in the middle, or was that part of building tension?
What inspired the choice to set the story largely in Moscow during the Cold War?