The Billion Dollar Spy
A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
by David E. Hoffman
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“@yogabykate @mojaveb @alexrblackwell Other good books are Billion Dollar Spy, Wilderness of Mirrors (Martin), Mole by Hood, Betrayal in Berlin, Russians Among Us and the Spy Who Saved the World. The Angel about Israel and A Secret Life about Kuklinksi are good. | Finished the book "The Billion dollar spy". Fascinating details about how the craft really works. This and ' The spy and the traitor" are 2 of the good books i hv read recently. Read both if u like such stuff. | Great book! A real life spy thriller. | Just finished The Billion Dollar Spy by David Hoffman. Absolutely one of the best books I've ever read. @thedeadhandbook”
Source →“@yogabykate @mojaveb @alexrblackwell Other good books are Billion Dollar Spy, Wilderness of Mirrors (Martin), Mole by Hood, Betrayal in Berlin, Russians Among Us and the Spy Who Saved the World. The Angel about Israel and A Secret Life about Kuklinksi are good. | Finished the book "The Billion dollar spy". Fascinating details about how the craft really works. This and ' The spy and the traitor" are 2 of the good books i hv read recently. Read both if u like such stuff. | Great book! A real life spy thriller. | Just finished The Billion Dollar Spy by David Hoffman. Absolutely one of the best books I've ever read. @thedeadhandbook”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Samir Arora and John Sipher
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Spy, History, and Nonfiction.
From the author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning history The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of a spy who cracked open the Soviet military research establishment and a penetrating portrait of the CIA_x0092_s Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold WarWhile driving out of the American embassy in Moscow on the evening o...
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“@yogabykate @mojaveb @alexrblackwell Other good books are Billion Dollar Spy, Wilderness of Mirrors (Martin), Mole by Hood, Betrayal in Berlin, Russians Among Us and the Spy Who Saved the World. The Angel about Israel and A Secret Life about Kuklinksi are good. | Finished the book "The Billion dollar spy". Fascinating details about how the craft really works. This and ' The spy and the traitor" are 2 of the good books i hv read recently. Read both if u like such stuff. | Great book! A real life spy thriller. | Just finished The Billion Dollar Spy by David Hoffman. Absolutely one of the best books I've ever read. @thedeadhandbook”
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“Delivers a quiet, tense portrait of a single man trying to live under an encroaching regime. Detailed period atmosphere and close interior narration are the main value: you'll feel the small domestic choices acquire political weight. The main limitation is pace — scenes lean toward mood and moral wrestling rather than plot propulsion — which will frustrate readers expecting a propulsive spy thriller. Best read when you want atmosphere and ethical gray areas more than chase scenes.”
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