"Chapman's story has been told in fragments in the past, but only when MI5 declassified his files was it possible to present it in all its richness and complexity. " incredible wartime adventures, recounted in Ben Macintyre's rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blend the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh." A review cannot possibly convey the sheer fun of this story.
I would give a personal nod to Macintyre's as the better book. "Macintyre is the more graceful writer Agent Zigzag has a clarity and shape that make it the more fluid account. It's a gripping tale of loyalty, love, treachery, espionage, and the thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. Based on recently declassified files, Agent Zigzag tells Chapman's full story for the first time. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty inside the villain was a hero. Instead, he contacted M15, the British Secret service, and for the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service. In 1941, after training as German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to blow up an airplane factory. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington PostĮddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Entertainment Weekly compellingly cinematic spy thriller with verve."- Entertainment Weekly Description "Ben Macintyre's rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh."-William Grimes, The New York Times (Editors' Choice)
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