Celebrity Spies, Part 1/3 - The Dangerous Edge of Things | MI6
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The Man Within by Graham Greene
As a young boy, Greene began to self-harm. His obsession reached its peak when he went to Oxford University with a revolver stolen from his older brother. He developed Manic Depression and Bipolar Disorder which afflicted him for his entire life. After several attempts to be recruited, Greene finally came to the attention of MI6 after he published an acclaimed travel log,. Journey Without Maps in 1935. Impressed with his courage, vast areas of the region were genuinely still uncharted at this time. The same Kim Filby who went on to defect to Russia as part of the Cambridge Five during the Cold War was Green's handler there. In 1942, greene set up his first official mission as
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