Handbook for Spies cover

Handbook for Spies

by Alexander Foote

Available in the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/handbookspies A British citizen becomes a spy for the Soviets against Nazi Germany, but finds the Soviets becoming more like the Fascists he opposes. There are plenty of details on espionage networking and tactics.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?