Rezensionen: Ben Macintyre, Stephan Talty

Pick your poison: “Double Cross” thrives on excess background information and minutiae (one of Mr. Macintyre’s main figures, Lily Sergeyev, had kidney stones), while Mr. Talty favors glib storytelling with a Hollywood gloss.

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