Redwood by Ben Macintyre review – a superbly wrought tale of cold war defection
This story of Soviet agent and his MI6 handler in revolutionary Iran is a page-turning masterpieceBen Macintyre uses the acronym MICE to describe the reasons people betray their countries: Money, Ideology, Coercion or Ego. In the set-piece that opens his latest work of true-espionage, we discover a new reason: erectile dysfunction.Stressed, drinking too much, under constant surveillance, furious about the…
This story of Soviet agent and his MI6 handler in revolutionary Iran is a page-turning masterpieceBen Macintyre uses the acronym MICE to describe the reasons people betray their countries: Money, Ideology, Coercion or Ego. In the set-piece that opens his latest work of true-espionage, we discover a new reason: erectile dysfunction.Stressed, drinking too much, under constant surveillance, furious about the…
