MacIntyre is a
consistent and skilful writer, and with Kim Philby he has a great
story to tell.
He uses the case of
Kim Philby to give an insight into the working of the British
Establishment, and the ways in which so many continued to fail to see
what Philby was doing despite there being plenty of evidence. It was
almost as if he was hiding in plain sight – but maybe that is the
wisdom of hindsight talking. It is a case of truth being stranger
than fiction – if you made the case of Philby up no-one would
believe you – which is perhaps how he got away with it for so long.
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