
The Happy Traitor
Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake
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Narrado por:
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Kevin Spink
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Simon Kuper
George Blake was the last remaining Cold War spy. As a Senior Officer in the British Intelligence Service who was double agent for the Soviet Union, his actions had devastating consequences for Britain. Yet he was also one of the least known double agents, and remained unrepentant.
In 1961, Blake was sentenced to 42 years imprisonment for betraying to the KGB all of the Western operations in which he was involved, and the names of hundreds of British agents working behind the Iron Curtain. This was the longest sentence for espionage ever to have been handed down by a British court.
On the surface, Blake was a charming, intelligent and engaging man and most importantly, a seemingly committed patriot. Underneath, a ruthlessly efficient mole and key player in the infamous 'Berlin Tunnel' operation. This illuminating biography tracks Blake from humble beginnings as a teenage courier for the Dutch underground during the Second World War, to the sensational prison-break from Wormwood Scrubs that inspired Hitchcock to write screenplay.
Through a combination of personal interviews, research and unique access to Stasi records, journalist Simon Kuper unravels who Blake truly was, what he was capable of, and why he did it.
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"Kuper provides a different and valuable perspective, humane and informative." (John Le Carré, author of Agent Running in the Field)
"A deeply human read, wonderfully written, on the foibles of a fascinating, flawed, treacherous and sort of likeable character." (Philippe Sands)
My biggest nitpick has to do with the narrator. I don’t know if it’s his style or perhaps the editing, but at some point, the narrator takes an inordinately long break before completing the sentence. It happens quite a bit and distracts from the story
Almost perfect
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More importantly, however, this is a sensitive and beautifully written biography.
Beautifully Written - Not Well Narrated
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Great story
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