{"product_id":"9780920528358","title":"S Portrait of a Spy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__ratingStats\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"RatingStatistics RatingStatistics__interactive RatingStatistics__centerAlign\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/4155825-s?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_19#CommunityReviews\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RatingStatistics__column\" aria-label=\"Average rating of 2.50 stars.\" role=\"figure\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RatingStatistics__rating\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e2.50\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RatingStatistics__column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RatingStatistics__meta\" aria-label=\"12 ratings and 3 reviews\" role=\"figure\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-testid=\"ratingsCount\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e12 ratings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"reviewsCount\" class=\"u-dot-before\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e3 reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\"In 25 years the RCMP has caught only one illegal – one real spy. Not a hell of a lot to brag about, is it?\" Inspector DV of the RCMP Security Sevices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs this poor record connected with S, the former director of the RCMP Security Services? Is it possible that S was a double – or a triple agent? Why was he quietly pensioned off after a top-level investigation by the Canadian government? Could S have been the mysterious \"fourth man\" of the Burgess-Maclean-Philby affair?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn pursuit of the truth, author Ian Adams, follows the trail of the brilliant S from Chile, where an RCMP office has unwittingly disclosed information, to Austraila and Canada. It is during this investigation that the author becomes more and more obsessed with S as a portrait of the man emerges from his exotic mistress, his fellow workers and goverment officials. So also emerges a fascinating study of the inner workings of RCMP Intelligence – a study which will both distrub and intrigue the reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid a double agent control RCMP Intelligence? S, Portrait of a Spy, is a book about the RCMP which the reader will be unable to put down. Was S the \"fourth man\"?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ian Adams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53075996016800,"sku":"9780920528358","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/9780920528358.jpg?v=1764706391","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780920528358","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}