My Family and Other Spies
An extraordinary true story of growing up inside MI6, uncovering family secrets, and tracing a legacy of British espionage across half a century.
"A fabulous romp of a book--part John le Carr , part Ealing comedy... compulsively readable." -- The Sunday Times
"Tells the story of the author's unique childhood and the extraordinary, shadowy lives of his mother and father." -- The Sunday Telegraph
"Truth is stranger than fiction..." -- The Independent
"Reads like a Cold War thriller written by John le Carr with an added injection of wry humor." -- BBC Saturday Live
"It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father..."
As a boy, Alistair Wood 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.
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.
Wood's search for the truth took him on a journey more remarkable than even he had imagined.
My Family and Other Spies 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.
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