The quintuple Indian spy

It throws light on World War II, Indian freedom struggle and communist movement

The Indian Spy
The True Story of the Most Remarkable Secret Agent of World War II
Mihir Bose
Aleph
350 pages; Rs 599

Those who have read Mihir Bose’s The Lost Hero, his monumental biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, will find it hard to forget Bhagat Ram Talwar, the man to whom the underground communist network had entrusted the delicate task of ferreting the Congress leader to Kabul from Peshawar.
 
In that book, the author had said that the British were fully aware of every step Bose took. The communist network had been compromised. Exploring that leak,