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Pros

Greene was a close friend of philby's sis, who was also a friend of greene's. Philby is the main character in greene's novel, and is a major character in the book.



Cons

Kim philby knew no loyalty to family, friend or foe. Philby has much more to say about every day office politics than anything about espionage.

Added to that mix is his overtly snide contempt for his readers.

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Quality


And so his autobiography reeks with the conviction of a man who is certain in his own mind that his actions were honorable


This book is filled with philbys concerns with the quotidian world of administration setting up an office and getting it properly staffed


While i sympathize with the disappointment it’s important to observe that the book acquaints the reader with philby’s enigmatic personage

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    soviet, british, secret and most.
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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 159 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 20 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    In this business it is quite impossible to tell it all of course


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Be as it may he was loyal to the very end and with no material gain unlike other spies


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Kim philby seems to have been motivated to betray his country and spy for russia by a lifelong commitment to communism


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Robert hanssen who would one day become an fbi agent was strongly influenced by philbys book and perhaps something else


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The two sentences may convey an ambiguous meaning hanssen did not intend


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    At any rate he read philbys book at some time but not before he was twentyfour


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Philbys strong convictions were transmitted to hanssen by some influence that even philby would probably not understand


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It was riveting to read this autobiography in the own words of one of the most infamous spies in history

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