Status Updates From Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Nothing is worth the destruction of another human being. Somewhere the path of pain and betrayal must end.

Still holds up — and is a fun accompaniment to some of the books on Russian intelligence I’ve been reading. While everyone pulls apart le Carré’s illusions to Kim Philby and the Cambridge Five, few discuss the real life counterparts to le Carré’s Russian spies! So those little tid bits whose bios lined up made it a hoot and a half.