this book was first published in 1983, and has some air of truth to it as far as the espionage sort of thing is concerned. It mentions some actual persons such as Burgess and Kim Philby. One part of it, how the father, Wallace Mahoney, is made to seem dead, is rather surreal. There is a good deal of suspense, but in the end, you might ask, why?
why do networks like this exist?