plot - impossible and pointless to summarize - that is as briskly paced and suspenseful as any novel's. "ichly descriptive, marvelously illuminating, and just plain brilliant….One could not think of a better subject for Macintyre's curious mind than the man whom British intelligence dubbed Agent Zigzag in December 1942….
The question now is, who will make the movie and who will play the lead? Too bad Errol Flynn is dead." The late Eddie Chapman would have been delighted to at last capture the limelight denied him by the restrictions of his wartime profession. The author has written an enormously fascinating book about an enormously fascinating man. "Fact sounds like fast-moving fiction in this espionage saga of a man who was probably the most improbable double agent to emerge in World War II. Macintyre tells it to perfection, with endless insights into the horror and absurdity of war….Eddie Chapman was a patriot, in his fashion, and this excellent book finally does him justice." "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." "Macintyre is the more graceful writer Agent Zigzag has a clarity and shape that make it the more fluid account… I would give a personal nod to Macintyre's as the better book… A review cannot possibly convey the sheer fun of this story… or the fascinating moral complexities." 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. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. One of the Top 10 Best Books of 2007 ( Entertainment Weekly)Įddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SPY AMONG FRIENDSĪ New York Times Notable Book of the Year
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