Judges’ comments

The dramatic, sometimes poignant story of Soviet defector Vasili Mitrokhin, who used his backroom KGB job to hand-copy secret files in order to expose the corruption and brutality of the organisation. Security expert Corera switches between a suspenseful account of Mitrokhin’s first approaches to the CIA and MI6 and the backstory which led up that approach. A noteworthy addition to espionage history and a memorial to brave man.