Book summaryMaurice Castle is a high-level operative of the British Secret Service in London. Happily married to a black woman, Castle reluctantly allows himself to act as a double agent so as to help his in-laws in South Africa, and eventually starts passing information to the Soviets. In order to evade detection, Castle allows his assistant to be wrongly identified as the source of the leaks, but suspicions remain, and Castle eventually flees to Moscow, forced to leave his wife and son behind. Media reviews"['The Human Factor'] is simply, but not too simply, a good story, a novel about the void between thought and action. Winners take all, but the all is nothing." |
The Human Factorby Greene, GrahamFirst Canada Edition
Book description: Toronto: Bodley Head in Association with Clarke, Irwin, 1978. A perceptive and compassionate novel of officers of the espionage service. Greene, like John La Carre, was once a member of the British Special Intelligence Service (SIS). A very fine copy with no prior owner marks. . First Canada Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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