Ruth Leon recommends….A Splinter of Ice – Ben Brown

A Splinter of Ice – Ben Brown
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Available until January 30

Moscow, 1987. As the cold war begins to thaw, an extraordinary reunion takes place between one of the great novelists of the twentieth century, Graham Greene, and his old MI6 boss, the notorious Soviet spy, Kim Philby.

It’s taken thirty years and the beginnings of a new world order. As the two men raise their vodka glasses under the watchful eye of Philby’s last wife, Rufa, the Russian memoirist, Ben Brown’s coruscating political drama asks whether Philby betrayed his friend as well as his country, and how much the writer of The Third Man knew about Philby’s secret life.

​Ben Brown’s compelling political drama explores an unlikely friendship. Yet a friendship woven of deceit as well as loyalty. A Splinter of Ice stars Oliver Ford Davies as Greene, Stephen Boxer as Philby and Sara Crowe as Rufa Philby, directed by Alastair Whatley with Alan Strachan.