The Darkling Spy

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Catesby could almost see the face in its entirety - an angel face from hell The
same face that had seduced Henry had also tricked the Soviet general staff^L
Why have you never done anything about him?'
'Never? Petra was wearing the twisted smile that Catesby had seen only
once before. Never hasn t come yet.'
London, 1956. A generation of British spies are haunted by the ghosts of
friends turned traitor. Henry Bone, a Whitehall intelligence mandarin, learns
that Butterfly is about to defect to the Americans. Butterfly's brain is an archive
of secrets that can wreak havoc and destroy lives and reputations. Bone has
been plagued by Butterfly for 20 years. He knows that Butterfly's beauty and
aristocratic charm hide a pathological depravity that seeks satisfaction from
inflicting pain and humiliation. Henry Bone knows he must get to Butterfly
before the Americans.
Catesby, a spy with his reputation in tatters, is pressured to become a fake
defector in order to track down... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Catesby could almost see the face in its entirety - an angel face from hell The
same face that had seduced Henry had also tricked the Soviet general staff^L
Why have you never done anything about him?'
'Never? Petra was wearing the twisted smile that Catesby had seen only
once before. Never hasn t come yet.'
London, 1956. A generation of British spies are haunted by the ghosts of
friends turned traitor. Henry Bone, a Whitehall intelligence mandarin, learns
that Butterfly is about to defect to the Americans. Butterfly's brain is an archive
of secrets that can wreak havoc and destroy lives and reputations. Bone has
been plagued by Butterfly for 20 years. He knows that Butterfly's beauty and
aristocratic charm hide a pathological depravity that seeks satisfaction from
inflicting pain and humiliation. Henry Bone knows he must get to Butterfly
before the Americans.
Catesby, a spy with his reputation in tatters, is pressured to become a fake
defector in order to track down Butterfly. Catesby's quest leads him from
Berlin, through a shower of Molotov cocktails in Budapest and finally to dinner
alone with the East German espionage legend, Mischa Wolf.
The novel's shocking conclusion will change the reader's view of the Cold War
forever.
'The professionalism of the novel, so rich in detailed perspectives,
its characters so sturdily grounded, enables it to outgrow the spy-
thriller s more wearisome conventions, while delivering a strong
emotional charge' TLS
'A gripping Cold War story centred on a Berlin seething with agents
and counterspies, and a villain called Butterfly' Mail on Sunday
^^ou could want in a spy thriller' Oliver James Vissza