THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR

THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent by one of Britain s greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller The best true spy story I have ever read John le Carré On a warm July evening in 1985 a middle aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow holding a plastic carrier bag In his grey suit and tie he looked like any other Soviet citizen The bag alone was mildly conspicuous printed with the red logo of Safeway the British supermarket The man was a spy A senior KGB officer for more than a decade he had supplied his British spymasters with a stream of priceless secrets from deep within the Soviet intelligence machine No spy had done more to damage the KGB The Safeway bag was a signal to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever The world s most important spy since the Second World War Mercilessly gripping Sunday Times Extraordinary His best book yet John Preston Evening Standard A remarka