Agent Zigzag has sold over 100,000 copies (BookScan); it was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Galaxy British Book Award for Biography of the Year 2008 Strictly embargoed up to publication, Operation Mincemeat will launch with major national serial, review coverage across the national and specialist press and author events www.benmacintyre.com includes thrilling film trailer, intriguing author interview and will feature downloadable extracts and more on publication
Praise for Agent Zigzag: 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining and often very moving' John le Carre 'A fascinating biography of this most astonishing and insouciant of double agents ... incredible' William Boyd 'This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating and hair-raising true life adventures ... it would be impossible to recommend it too highly' Mail on Sunday 'It is unlikely that a more engaging study of espionage and deception will be published this year' The Times
Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He is the author of seven previous books including Agent Zigzag, the story of wartime double-agent Eddie Chapman, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Galaxy British Book Award for Biography of the Year 2008. He lives in London with his wife and three children.
Praise for Agent Zigzag: 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining and often very moving' John le Carre 'A fascinating biography of this most astonishing and insouciant of double agents ... incredible' William Boyd 'This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating and hair-raising true life adventures ... it would be impossible to recommend it too highly' Mail on Sunday 'It is unlikely that a more engaging study of espionage and deception will be published this year' The Times
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