{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bookmark with Don Noble: Keith Thomson (2011)","description":"Keith Thomson brings wit, speed, and an inventive twist to the spy thriller. In his novels Once a Spy and Twice a Spy, Thomson introduces Drummond Clark, a 64-year-old retired appliance salesman who appears to be suffering from Alzheimer\u2019s disease. To the amazement of his son, Charlie \u2014 and to the reader \u2014 Drummond\u2019s ordinary life turns out to be a cover. He was once a legendary CIA operative, and even as his memory falters, his old skills can suddenly return. In this episode of Bookmark with Don Noble, Don Noble speaks with Keith Thomson in the studio at Reese Phifer Hall on the campus of The University of Alabama. Their conversation explores the creation of Drummond and Charlie Clark, the father-son relationship at the heart of the novels, and Thomson\u2019s unusual blend of espionage, comedy, action, and emotional stakes. Thomson is the author of Once a Spy, a darkly satirical thriller that launched the Drummond and Charlie Clark series, followed by Twice a Spy. His varied career has included work as a semi-professional baseball player in France, an editorial cartoonist for Newsday, a filmmaker whose short film was shown at Sundance, and a screenwriter. He has also written on intelligence and related subjects for The Huffington Post. Bookmark with Don Noble features conversations with writers whose work has shaped Alabama, the South, and American literature. ","author_name":"Bookmark with Don Noble","author_url":"http:\/\/bookmark.libsyn.com\/website","html":"