APAD: the eyes of heaven and the spies of hell

“The birds are the eyes of heaven, and the flies are the spies of hell.” — Suzy Kassem

I found this funny quote this morning and felt it's very true except that spies are normally much quieter than flies .

I love watching spy/detective movies and TV shows. After watching TV show "A spy among friends" and having found out it's a true story based on a book by Ben Macintyre, I started to read his books and felt the stories so fascinating that I kept on reading.

Note Ben Macintyre is a bestselling author of nonfiction history books that focused on international espionage. His books are known for being well-researched but written in a popular style.

That is how I learned the historic facts about:

- "Cambridge Five", a ring of spies in the UK that passed information to the Soviet Union during the Second World War and the Cold War;  
- Oleg Gordievsky, a double agent for MI6 who helped avert a nuclear confrontation and bring about the end of the Cold War, thus changed the course of history;
- The untold background of Agnes Smedley (==史沫特莱)
- ... ...

For your reference, I have captured most of his book covers in the pic below. Have fun reading if you are also interested.

But, “friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.” – Stephen King

Have a good boxing day and don't let anyone spy on your box !

 

 

Thanks. Will try BM again sometime.

U won't regret ;-) true stories r always betterThan fiction!

Thanks for sharing. I like watching spy movies

shake hands! shake hands! ;-)

Well. I have to seriously doubt that, given what I've read.

which true story, e.g., could beat Journey to the West?

hahaha, I like齐天大圣 but he's 2 naughty & no spy;-)

Tks 4 sharing. Not familiar with the books or authors.

But friends come and go:)

You think西游记 is a true story? :-) unbeatable!

sorry暖冬. will try to find some U might like next time ;-)

normallyYes. but see aPost from投坛below about True friendship

https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/tzlc/1972205.html

I think 7G is having a fun day :-)))

Did I? Thought I meant no true story beat JTTW, a fiction.

I know ;-) I like the beginning: 齐天大圣偷吃蟠桃喝御酒 as I read it

very young & that's the part I understood then: 蟠桃 yummy ;-)

Flies are far more useful than just annoying humans. I've a

friend, 单名一个字飞，他给自己起了个英文名字fly

See? Inside everyone there's a DaSheng.

hahaha, Fly "Zhu/Yang" might sound a bit funny;-)

had a mid school mate name Shan飞, FlyShan sounds better ;-))

谢谢西岛！确实很感人，不知道他们的交情，但有这样的朋友三生有幸！

非常感人。觉得世界很大人很多，但能够从“萍水相逢后成为至诚好友”很少很不易，需要双向的认同和真诚！