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The Spy and The Traitor represents Macintyre’s finest work to date and has the makings of an instant screenplay.

It carries all the qualities of what Macintyre has so justly become known for – precise research leading to even-handed assessments, and, where possible, using first-hand accounts to reduce the level of speculation that is otherwise so enticing to those attempting to understand the past. Portions of Gordievsky’s life have been retold since his dramatic escape from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, but only now, with publication of Ben Macintyre’s The Spy and The Traitor, do we get the full meaning of the Gordievsky file.įans of Macintyre’s previous non-fiction accounts such as Operation Mincemeat and Agent Zigzag will pounce on this latest offering.