A Spy Among Friends is hands down the most entertaining book I've reviewed this year." - Boston Globe "Macintyre does here what he does best - tell a heck of a good story. Riveting reading." -Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker takes a fresh look at the grandest espionage drama of our era."- Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review It reads like a story by Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, or John Le Carré, leavened with a dollop of P.G. He has written a narrative about that most complex of topics, friendship.When devouring this thriller, I had to keep reminding myself it was not a novel. "Macintyre has produced more than just a spy story. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Įntertainment Weekly's Best Spy Book of 2014
So how was this cunning double-agent finally exposed? In A Spy Among Friends, Ben Macintyre expertly weaves the heart-pounding tale of how Philby almost got away with it all-and what happened when he was finally unmasked.īased on personal papers and never-before-seen British intelligence files, this is Ben Macintyre's epic telling of one of the greatest spy stories ever, a Cold War history that will keep you on the edge of your seat. But he was secretly betraying them both: He was working for the Russians the entire time.Įvery word uttered in confidence to Philby by his colleagues in the West made its way to Moscow, leading countless missions to their doom and subverting American and British attempts to subdue the Soviet threat. Together with Elliott and Angleton he stood on the front lines of the Cold War, holding Communism at bay. Philby was a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union. Who was Kim Philby? Those closest to him-like his fellow MI6 officer and best friend since childhood, Nicholas Elliot, and the CIA's head of counterintelligence, James Jesus Angleton-knew him as a loyal confidant and an unshakeable patriot.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLSER - The true story of Kim Philby, the Cold War's most infamous spy, from the master espionage writer and author of The Spy and the Traitor.
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