- Cold War, Russians, Intelligence officers, Fathers and sons
Training at MI6 during the height of the Cold War, Charles Thoroughgood learns that his father is suspected of having worked for the KGB, a situation that forces him to choose between his father and the code of the secret service.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Alan Judd
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, W.F. Howes, A.A. Knopf
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780006513568
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