false 57519556 164645 163 0679767479 9780679767473 37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156884193m/163.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156884193s/163.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/163.The_Untouchable 3.95 261 The Untouchable concerns the suddenly-exposed double agent Victor Maskell, a character based on the real Cambridge intellectual elites who famously spied on the United Kingdom in the middle of the 20th century. But Maskell--scholar, adventurer, soldier, art curator, and more--respected and still living in England well past his retirement from espionage, looked like he was going to get away with it when suddenly, in his 70s and sick with cancer, he is unmasked. The question of why, and by whom is not as important for Maskell as the larger question of who finally he himself really is, why he spied in the first place, and whether his many-faceted existence adds up to an authentic life.]]> 91 3.52 3995 743 1997 4 0 false Sun Jul 12 04:06:14 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 12:40:58 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 04:06:14 -0700 2009