DESTROY Kim Philby

If he is a traitor par excellence, it was Kim Philby. If he is a patriot par excellence, it was Kim Philby. If it is an arrogant .... d s, it was Kim Philby. How much class solidarity has prevailed over the need to liquidate a Taupe of this caliber, only the British archives tell (if ever they open).
Sir Stewart Menzies and Harold MacMillan have "cleared" such spymaster still remains a complete mystery.

Philby so haunted the romantic imagination of many writers, including John Le Carré. Trilogy ("The Mole", "Like a schoolboy", "The people of Smiley") the last is the most successful. The final battle was fought between Smiley / Holmes / Ahab and Karla / Moriarty / Moby Dick. John Le Carré button at the top of his game. The construction of the narrative, rhythm, questioning the action, what it requires, and imposes corrode, convening all the players of the Great Game makes this book unsurpassable. "The People Smiley" model of the genre.