{"product_id":"9781405971980","title":"My Family and Other Spies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary true story of growing up inside MI6, uncovering family secrets, and tracing a legacy of British espionage across half a century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A fabulous romp of a book--part John le Carr�, part Ealing comedy... compulsively readable.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Tells the story of the author's unique childhood and the extraordinary, shadowy lives of his mother and father.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Truth is stranger than fiction...\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Reads like a Cold War thriller written by John le Carr� with an added injection of wry humor.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBBC Saturday Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father...\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As a boy, \u003cb\u003eAlistair Wood\u003c\/b\u003e grew up within the high-security walls of an MI6 training camp, surrounded by some of the most senior--and most colorful--figures in Secret Intelligence Service history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After all, he was family. His mother was one of a handful of women who operated behind the lines in postwar Berlin. His father, once one of Britain's most highly regarded intelligence officers, was an absent and enigmatic figure--the reasons for his sudden departure from the Service still classified to this day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wood's search for the truth took him on a journey more remarkable than even he had imagined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Family and Other Spies\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping exploration of an extraordinary, scarcely believable life: a globe-trotting spy story that spans from the gathering storm before the Second World War to the fall of Communism--and a son's reckoning with the secrets of his past. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59608669618508,"sku":"9781405971980","price":9.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/4163\/2076\/files\/9781405971980-eb614eadf0e05e0d_front.webp?v=1793194746","url":"https:\/\/foxandfable.com\/products\/9781405971980","provider":"Fox \u0026 Fable","version":"1.0","type":"link"}