Strong Language<p>"Mick Herron's series of spy novels...revel in bad language, which is necessary to its comedy and to the development of character and narrative cohesion."</p><p>Michael Adams on the Slough House series, new on the Strong Language blog: <br><a href="https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/espionage-novels-that-give-a-fuck-about-profanity/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stronglang.wordpress.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/09/espionage-novels-that-give-a-fuck-about-profanity/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/swearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swearing</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/profanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profanity</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/SpyFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpyFiction</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>espionage</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/LiteraryCriticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryCriticism</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/StrongLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrongLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>