Charles McCarry - The Miernik Dossier

Pros: Gives the flavor of the intelligence enterprise in a field action (1959), all sides playing.
Cons: Requires re-reading, with pencil in hand, and minute attention to detail.

Charles McCarry's introductory note indicates that the time of the events of his book is "the middle years of the cold war; the year could be 1959." The action is fairly straightforward--the transport of an automobile (Cadillac) from Europe to the Sudan ...