Title: An Intellectual's Escape
Product review: A slow but interesting read, with little of the suspense you might expect from a writer who spent a good part of his professional career in counterintelligence. To get through this true-life yarn, you need the patience born of a deep-seated interest in intelligence that will keep you motivated in the rough patches. The book chronicles what is a fascinating, years-long effort to build a case based almost entirely on circumstantial evidence against the mole at the highest level of MI5. It is riveting realism, for like most of intelligence work, it shows how tedious, thankless and unrewarding the life of a spycatcher can be. Personally, I loved this book, but I have to admit, it ain't James Bond.
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