The Writer and The Traitor

The friendship between Graham Greene and Kim Philby is one of the most mysterious of the 20th century. The two men met as young MI6 officers in war-torn London, working together to defeat the Nazis. But after Greene suddenly resigned just days before D Day, questions started to arise. He turned back to literature, using his experience in the intelligence services as a backup for a novel Our Man in Havana and the screenplay for The Third Man. Lurking within these pages lay suspicions of his friend, with characters and plots echoing Philby’s life.

In this revelatory book, best-selling author Robert Verkaik chronicles the relationship of these two  giants of the 20th century. It is a story of an unusual friendship that survived against all odds. It explores the perplexing question of why did Greene remain loyal to Britain’s most hated traitor?

Robert Verkaik is an author and award winning journalist with The Independent and The Mail on Sunday as well as a non - practising barrister. His Traitor of Colditz was a Sunday Times bestseller.