{"product_id":"my-family-and-other-spies-9781405971980","title":"My Family and Other Spies","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished: 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 384\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781405971980\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 19.9 x 13 x 2.5 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 0.242 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSynopsis: An extraordinary true story of growing up inside MI6, uncovering family secrets, and tracing a legacy of British espionage across half a century.\n���A fabulous romp of a book���part John le Carr��, part Ealing comedy��� compulsively readable.��� ��� The Sunday Times\n���Tells the story of the author���s unique childhood and the extraordinary, shadowy lives of his mother and father.��� ��� The Sunday Telegraph\n���Truth is stranger than fiction������ ��� The Independent\n���Reads like a Cold War thriller written by John le Carr�� with an added injection of wry humor.��� ��� BBC Saturday Live\n���It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father������\nAs a boy, Alistair Wood grew up within the high-security walls of an MI6 training camp, surrounded by some of the most senior���and most colorful���figures in Secret Intelligence Service history.\nAfter all, he was family. His mother was one of a handful of women who operated behind the lines in postwar Berlin. His father, once one of Britain���s most highly regarded intelligence officers, was an absent and enigmatic figure���the reasons for his sudden departure from the Service still classified to this day.\nWood���s search for the truth took him on a journey more remarkable than even he had imagined.\nMy Family and Other Spies is a gripping exploration of an extraordinary, scarcely believable life: a globe-trotting spy story that spans from the gathering storm before the Second World War to the fall of Communism���and a son���s reckoning with the secrets of his past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"PENGUIN UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040254722295,"sku":"9781405971980","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/3973\/5543\/files\/15916283482688.jpg?v=1787779574","url":"https:\/\/www.2027textbooks.co.za\/products\/my-family-and-other-spies-9781405971980","provider":"2027Textbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}