{"product_id":"portrait-of-the-spy-as-a-young-man-isbn-9781911350811","title":"Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling spy novel by a former special forces officer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eé'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The thinking person's John le Carré' \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carré' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'More   George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will delight those readers    looking for less blood and more intelligence in their spy thrillers' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1941: a teenage William Catesby leaves Cambridge to join the army and support the war effort.\u003c\/b\u003e Parachuted into Occupied France as an SOE officer, he witnesses tragedies and remarkable feats of bravery during the French Resistance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2014: now in his nineties, Catesby recounts his life to his granddaughter for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e Their interviews weave together the historical, the personal and the emotional, skipping across different decades and continents to reveal a complex and conflicted man. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Catesby's incredible story recounts a life of spying and the trauma of war, but also lost love, yearning, and hope for the future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Edward Wilson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stylistically sophisticated . . . Wilson knows how to hold the reader's attention' W.G. Sebald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A reader is really privileged to come across something like this' Alan Sillitoe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'All  too often, amid the glitzy gadgetry of the spy thriller, all the   fast  cars and sexual adventures, we lose sight of the essential    seriousness of what is at stake. John le Carré reminds us, often, and  so  does Edward Wilson' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897289535717,"sku":"NP9781911350811","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_4a225913-02de-4071-8ee2-832fca3a166f.jpg?v=1773104602","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/portrait-of-the-spy-as-a-young-man-isbn-9781911350811","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}