From the Bookshelf of Espionage Aficionados…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
One of the cover blurbs called this "probably the best espionage novel ever written". I don't think I buy that; my vote goes to LeCarré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. But it's Graham Greene, so you know it will be more than a run-of-the-mill-thriller.
During the Cold War the British intelligence services fell prey to a handful of high-profile traitors who, having been unmasked, went scurrying off to Moscow to live out their lives in dreary exile. The only good thing to come of this was a rich vein ...more
During the Cold War the British intelligence services fell prey to a handful of high-profile traitors who, having been unmasked, went scurrying off to Moscow to live out their lives in dreary exile. The only good thing to come of this was a rich vein ...more
Greene writing the sort of stuff that le Carre would go on to replicate throughout his career.
Jan 27, 2013
Santino
added it
Jan 03, 2014
Greg
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
british-authors,
fiction
Feb 05, 2015
Cold War Conversations Podcast
marked it as to-read
Feb 20, 2015
Patrick Schultheis
marked it as to-read
Nov 09, 2015
Karan
marked it as to-read
Feb 05, 2017
Mónica
marked it as to-read
Jul 22, 2017
Robert
marked it as to-read
