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The schizophrenic, suspicious world of spying – and its costs (Book Review)

The schizophrenic, suspicious world of spying – and its costs (Book Review)

Title: The English Teacher; Author: Yiftach Reicher Atir (translated by Philip Simpson); Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 399 Review By-  Vikas Datta For any spy agency, even more worrisome than the possibility of its agents abroad being unmasked and inviting some sort of reprisal from the targeted country, is the prospect of its spies (or even ex-spies for that matter), their heads full with secrets, going missing. And it can take any measure to forestall such an eventuality or neutralise the threat. On the other hand, the spies, who have lived in hostile territory under false identities, with constant…
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