Young Philby - Softcover

Littell, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250037565 ISBN 13: 9781250037565

Publisher: Griffin, 2013

Synopsis

When Kim Philby fled to Moscow in 1963, he became the most notorious double agent in the history of espionage. Recruited into His Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service at the beginning of World War II, he rose to become the chief liaison officer with the CIA in Washington after the war. The exposure of a group of British double agents known as the Cambridge Five led to the revelation that Philby had begun spying for the Soviet Union years before he joined the British intelligence service. He eventually fled to Moscow and spent the last twenty-five years of his life in Russia.

In Young Philby, Robert Littell recounts the little-known story of the spy's early years, exploring the evolution of a mysteriously beguiling man who kept his masters on both sides of the Iron Curtain guessing about his ultimate loyalties. As each layer of ambiguity is exposed, the question surfaces: Who was the real Kim Philby?

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Review:

If Robert Littell didnt invent the American spy novel, he should have --Tom Clancy

Robert Littell is the author of many superb cold war-era spy novels, of a literary quality that makes it reasonable to call him the American John le Carré --Guardian

Robert Littell has long been among the subtlest of espionage magicians --The Sunday Times

About the Author:

Robert Littell is the author of sixteen previous novels and the nonfiction book For the Future of Israel, written with Shimon Peres, president of Israel. He has been awarded both the English Gold Dagger and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for his fiction. His novel The Company was a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a television miniseries. He lives in France.

About this edition

• Publisher: Griffin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1250037565
• ISBN 13: 9781250037565
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268