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Deep Undercover

My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America

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Deep Undercover

By: Jack Barsky, Cindy Coloma
Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
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About this listen

One decision can end everything...or lead to unlikely redemption.

Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught.

On October 8, 1978, a Canadian national by the name of William Dyson stepped off a plane at O'Hare International Airport and proceeded toward customs and immigration.

Two days later, William Dyson ceased to exist.

The identity was a KGB forgery, used to get one of their own - a young, ambitious East German agent - into the United States.

The plan succeeded, and the spy's new identity was born: Jack Barsky. He would work undercover for the next decade, carrying out secret operations during the Cold War years - until a surprising shift in his allegiance challenged everything he thought he believed.

Deep Undercover reveals the secret life of this man without a country and tells the story no one ever expected him to tell.

©2017 Jack Barsky (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Americas Christian Living Christianity Freedom & Security Politics & Government United States Espionage Aviation Soviet Union Thought-Provoking

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it was good until the bible bashing started. I couldn't finish, pity I was enjoying it. it just became too much.

until the end

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Well written, understandable language. Interesting story that sucks you in very quickly. I'd recommend even to people who aren't necessarily interested in this topic, because it was a pleasure to listen.

Enjoyed it very much.

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Fantastic story of his life, really interesting. I always wondered how a spy is made and what will he think of target country. He tells his story so you can't stop listening. Strongly recommended story

Gripping

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This honest retelling of a man's journey out of the GDR and into the American dream is fascinating. There is little to no political bias and if opinion is given, it is well labelled as such. I felt the book hit a low point in the last few chapters after the author received his religious revelation and then went on to lecture the reader on how loving Jesus is the only way. Could have done without that.

Factual and human

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Listened until the end believing that it was a work of fiction only to realise that it was Jack Barsky’s autobiography! Incredible!!

Hadn’t even realised that this was an autobiography until the end!

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