Why did I love this book?
I love books that take me into the mindsets of people with different worldviews.
This true story of a KBG mole working for Briton’s M16, and eventually involving the US, does just that. It describes differences in spy-craft and approaches to intelligence gathering in these three countries, and impressively the incredible lengths the British go to, to ensure their mole’s safety.
The book is a page-turner. You won’t regret reading it or be able to stop once you start.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist • Shortlisted for the Bailie Giffords Prize in Nonfiction
If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the…