Spy

by Norman Garbo

The Spy (also known as Garbo, the Man Who Saved the World and El Espia) is a Spanish documentary about Georgie Garbo's role in the Second World War,

255 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1980

About the author

Norman Garbo is the son of Maximilian W. and Fannie Garbov. He was born in New York, New York, as Norman R. Garbov. It is here that Garbo attended City College (now known as the City College of the City University of New York) from 1935-37 planning to earn a degree in advertising. But after his second year, he began taking night courses in the Academy of Fine Arts in Brooklyn. Garbo began working as a portrait painter in 1941 and also worked as a writer and lecturer. In 1941, he joined the military with the coming of World War II. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces where he achieved the rank of lieutenant.

Garbo married on April 15, 1942. The couple's son and only child is named Mickey. Garbo resided in Sands Point, Long Island in New York State.

Reviews

[Ronald Wilcox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent story about a retired spy, Burke, who gets his face altered after retiring. In the hospital, he recovers from surgery with four others who also had plastic surgery done. Two years later the plastic surgeon is killed and Burke finds he is now a target marked for termination by the Service that he retired from and the four others from the time of the surgery are pulled into his fight for survival. Very suspenseful story!

[Ahmad Paracha · Rating 4 out of 5]

awesome

[Paul Kilfoil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely outstanding. Garbo is a master storyteller, and he writes superbly. "Spy" (along with "Turner's Wife"), has to be one of the best books I've read in this genre.

[Elin Fredriksson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bra story men det känns ibland som att det inte är helt realistiskt. Språkligt gillar jag hur den är skriven.