Noah Kumin

Spies, Damned Spies, and Status Seekers: The Lonely Life of a Soviet Socialite

a dinner party - a dowdy woman with her skirt hiked up - a commission from Stalin - a controversialist, a playboy, and a pain in the ass - « the majority of this country's most polished sons are pederasts » - a business trip to the Citadel - tricked by the Soviets - « one of the few Old Etonians who wear an Old Etonian bow-tie » - Burgess in Moscow - a chummy dialogue - Everyman, that ubiquitous Soviet hero - « the feather-bed after the chaise-longue » - duped along with the rest - no more double lives