Guy Burgess is recast as the key player in the Cambridge spy ring in a meticulous (extremely careful about details) biographyThe double lives of the Cambridge spies five upper-crust students recruited in the 1930s to infiltrate the establishment on behalf of Stalin’s Russia – cast a long shadow.
In this meticulous (extremely careful about details) biography of the most colourful of the quintet,espionage expert Lownie argues convincingly that Burgess – often seen as a clownish buffoon – was the key member of the ring, and his treachery the most damaging.
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Source: theguardian.com