Phillip Knightley is a journalist and the author of Master
Spy: The Story of Kim Philby.
Graham Greene was a member of the SIS and one of the most
highly regarded English novelists of the twentieth century. Among
his many works are The Power and the Glory, The Human Factor, Our
Man in Havana, and The Third Man.
“Far more gripping than any novel of espionage I can remember.”
—Graham Greene
“To this day I am convinced that he was not an ideologue. Spying
was just his way of being above lesser mortals.” —Nigel West
“Addictive . . . highly polished . . . written with style and a
feline sense of irony, making it a much better read than any of the
other Philby literature.” —The Guardian
“Philby has no home, no women, no faith. Behind the inbred
upper-class arrogance, the taste for adventure, lies the self-hate
of a vain misfit for whom nothing will ever be worthy of his
loyalty. In the last instance, Philby is driven by the incurable
drug of deceit itself.” —John le Carré
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