- There
- is
- no
- such
- thing
- as
- an
- ordinary
- life.
- But
- Kenneth
- Brill's
- is
- more
- extraordinary
- than
- most.
- By
- the
- time
- he
- is
- arrested
- for
- espionage
- towards
- the
- end
- of
- the
- Second
- World
- War
- he
- has
- an
- incredible
- story
- to
- tell.Under
- interrogation
- he
- describes
- his
- unusual
- childhood,
- shares
- the
- decadent
- details
- of
- his
- training
- as
- a
- painter
- at
- the
- prestigious
- Slade
- School
- of
- Art
- in
- the
- 1930s
- and
- explains
- just
- why
- he
- was
- so
- very
- friendly
- with
- the
- prostitutes
- of
- London's
- Soho
- underworld;
- he
- narrates
- his
- heroic
- actions
- as
- a
- camouflage
- officer
- before
- El
- Alamein,
- when
- he
- helped
- pull
- off
- one
- of
- the
- greatest
- acts
- of
- deception
- in
- the
- history
- of
- warfare,
- and
- accounts
- for
- his
- part
- in
- a
- night-time
- break-in
- of
- the
- royal
- residence
- of
- Buckingham
- Palace.This
- is
- a
- life
- lived
- to
- the
- full,
- whether
- as
- son,
- friend,
- lover,
- teacher
- or
- pupil.
- The
- only
- question
- is:
- whose
- side
- is
- he
- really
- on?'A
- huge,
- complex
- novel,
- at
- turns
- both
- blackly
- funny
- and
- bleakly
- moving,
- driven
- by
- truly
- original
- characters'
- Daily
- Mail'Clever,
- subtle,
- and
- rewarding'
- Times
- Literary Supplement
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