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Spotlight | United Kingdom
When spies turn storytellers: pseudonyms and secrets in the world of espionage fiction

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When former spies become novelists, they often cling to their old cloak-and-dagger habits by publishing under pen names, especially if they are still bound by confidentiality obligations. But sometimes the mask slips.

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