It‘s hard to not compare The Spy and the Traitor to a typical John le Carre plot. And while le Carre‘s work does come from experience, his novels were total fiction (at least that‘s the consensus 😉). But Macintyre has clearly done his research and written a work of nonfiction just as compelling as anything from le Carre. I will definitely be purchasing a hard copy of this and re-reading it sometime in the near future. So good!