{"product_id":"my-family-and-other-spies-9780241726372","title":"My Family and Other Spies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alistair Wood\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary true story of growing up inside MI6, uncovering family secrets, and tracing a legacy of British espionage across half a century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A fabulous romp of a book, part John le Carr?, part Ealing comedy ... compulsively readable' - SUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Tells the story of the author's unique childhood and the extraordinary, shadowy lives of his mother and father' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Truth is stranger than fiction ...' - INDEPENDENT \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Reads like a Cold War thriller written by John le Carr? with an added injection of wry humor' -BBC SATURDAY LIVE \u003cbr\u003e - \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father...\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service - or MI6 - training camp, surrounded by some of the most senior - and colorful - characters in SIS history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After all, he was family. His mother was one of a handful of women to have operated behind the lines in post-war Berlin. His father, once one of Britain's most highly-regarded intelligence officers, was an absent and perplexing figure, the reasons for his sudden departure from the Service still classified to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Wood's search for the truth took him on a journey more remarkable than even he had imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e My Family and Other Spies is a gripping exploration of an extraordinary, scarcely believable life, a globe-trotting spy story that spans a half century from the gathering storm before the Second World War to the fall of Communism, and a son's reckoning with the secrets of the past. ","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45848384340119,"sku":"9780241726372","price":2333.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780241726372.webp?v=1768602975","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/my-family-and-other-spies-9780241726372","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}