The Untold Story of the Cold War’s Most Extraordinary Spy

Mr. Macintyre, whose books include “The Spy and the Traitor” (2018) and “Agent Sonya” (2020), has produced an artfully constructed nonfiction equivalent to one of John le Carré’s most accomplished novels. Its setting, in the early days of Iran’s Islamic Republic, is replete with eerie echoes for today. Read more