Wednesday, 12 February 2020

A Vain Misfit


         Philby has no home, no women, no faith. Behind the inbred, upper-class arrogance, the taste for adventure, lies the self-hate of a vain misfit for whom nothing will ever be worthy of his loyalty.

John Le Carre
excerpt from back cover
Kim Philby - My Silent War
1968

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