▁T oby ▁Steph ens . ▁ ▁German ▁author ▁Barbara ▁Hon ig mann ' s ▁Ein ▁Kap itel ▁aus ▁me in em ▁Leben ▁tells ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Phil by ' s ▁first ▁wife , ▁Lit zi , ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁her ▁daughter . ▁ ▁Spe cul ative ▁fiction ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁appearances ▁of ▁Phil by ▁as ▁a ▁character ▁in ▁fiction ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁Gent le man ▁Tra itor ▁by ▁Alan ▁Williams , ▁in ▁which ▁Phil by ▁goes ▁back ▁to ▁working ▁for ▁British ▁intelligence ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁British ▁television ▁film ▁Cl osing ▁R anks , ▁a ▁false ▁Soviet ▁def ector ▁sent ▁to ▁sow ▁confusion ▁and ▁dist rust ▁in ▁British ▁intelligence ▁is ▁un mask ed ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁scene , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁key ▁information ▁was ▁provided ▁by ▁Phil by ▁in ▁Moscow , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁still ▁working ▁for ▁British ▁intelligence . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁Ted ▁All be ury ▁novel ▁The ▁Other ▁Side ▁of ▁Sil ence , ▁an ▁elder ly ▁Phil by ▁ar ouses ▁susp icion ▁when ▁he ▁states ▁his ▁desire ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁England . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁Frederick ▁F ors yth ▁novel ▁The ▁Four th ▁Pro tocol ▁features ▁an ▁elder ly ▁Phil by ' s ▁invol vement ▁in ▁a ▁plot ▁to ▁trigger ▁a ▁nuclear ▁explos ion ▁in ▁Britain . ▁In ▁the ▁novel , ▁Phil