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This is an auction for SPY CATCHER by Peter Wright.
Amazon.com review:
"FIVE STARS!!!!!: The ultimate insider's view of Britain's MI5 - Reading "Spycatcher" I was continually struck by this thought: how was it possible for Peter Wright to publish a book which exposes so much of the internal operations of Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence/security service? He names names, describes personalities in often unflattering terms, and details what were surely the most sensitive of investigations undertaken by MI5. What may be MI5's loss is the public's gain, as we get a rare glimpse at the very heart of a (by definition) highly secretive agency, charged with ensuring the security and continuance of one of the Western world's greatest democracies. Wright is undoubtedly a brilliant man, as are his colleagues (Wright describes how one of them does crossword puzzles completely in his head). Although the book opens with his retirement day, in which he shreds his diaries, he is somehow able to reconstruct the minutest details of operations that span his 20-year career with MI5, from the mid-50s to mid-70s, as well as critical pre-World War II events that he investigated for MI5. Wright is a radio engineer by training and original profession, and he joined MI5 as their first scientist in order to bring the benefits of technology to the agency."
More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.
Hardback 1987.
392 pages + photographs.
Very good condition.
The cost of shipping is $4.95.
There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.
Payment within seven days, please.
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Pick-up available from Palmerston North, Manawatu | Free |
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