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The Spy and the Traitor

Ben Macintyre · 2000

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4,245·Classic

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The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre.

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Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft

This nonfiction account focuses on Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer who became a double agent for the British, and Aldrich Ames, the American turncoat who likely betrayed him. Macintyre’s retelling of their stories comes not only from Western sources (including Gordievsky himself) but also from the Russian perspective. It’s every bit as exciting as my favorite spy novels.

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