![]() The old-boy network shielded Philby from any real suspicion until it was too late. Much business was done over lunch and dinner at gentlemen’s clubs and swanky restaurants Philby and Co were world-class drinkers, and alcohol - wine, scotch, pitchers of martinis - lubricated the transactions of the spy trade.īut the social aspect was an important factor in Philby’s rise. Perhaps Macintyre plays this up too much, but I didn’t want him to stop for one minute. It was a brilliant, even sinister, skill.Īt times, MI6 comes off as the world’s most exclusive - and snobbish - social club. ![]() Philby traded on the intimacies of his relationships to ferret out information and manipulate colleagues. He views Philby’s career through the protocols of male friendship. “Friend” “friendship “friendly” “friendliness” - these words echo across Macintyre’s text, the linchpins of the operative’s approach. ![]()
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