Paul Lewis

Rob Evans

'Undercover lays bare the deceit, betrayal and cold-blooded violation practised again and again by undercover police officers - troubling, timely and brilliantly executed.' Henry Porter The gripping stories of a group of police spies - written by the award-winning investigative journalists who exposed the Mark Kennedy scandal - and the uncovering of forty years of state espionage. This was an undercover operation so secret that some of our most senior police officers had no idea it existed. The job of the clandestine unit was to monitor British 'subversives' - environmental activists, anti-racist groups, animal rights campaigners. Police stole the identities of dead people to create fake passports, driving licences and bank accounts. They then went deep undercover for years, inventing whole new lives so that they could live incognito among the people they were spying on. They used sex, intimate relationships and drugs to build their credibility. They betrayed friends, deceived lovers, even fathered children. And their operations continue today. Undercover reveals the truth about secret police operations - the emotional turmoil, the psychological challenges and the human cost of a lifetime of deception - and asks whether such tactics can ever be justified.

The True Story of Britain's Secret Police

Undercover

The gripping stories of a group of police spies - written by the award-winning investigative journalists who exposed the Mark Kennedy scandal - and the uncovering of forty years of state espionage. This was an undercover operation so secret that some of our most senior police officers had no idea it existed. The job of the clandestine unit was to monitor British 'subversives' - environmental activists, anti-racist groups, animal rights campaigners. Police stole the identities of dead people to create fake passports, driving licences and bank accounts. They then went deep undercover for years, inventing whole new lives so that they could live incognito among the people they were spying on. They used sex, intimate relationships and drugs to build their credibility. They betrayed friends, deceived lovers, even fathered children. And their operations continue today. Undercover reveals the truth about secret police operations - the emotional turmoil, the psychological challenges and the human cost of a lifetime of deception - and asks whether such tactics can ever be justified.

Cette histoire, comme l'Univers, prend forme à partir d'un tas de petits fragments. A partir de certaines visions. De certains liens. A partir des traces laissées sur le trottoir. A partir d'un sac accroché dans un arbre. Des premières éclaboussures de pluie sur du béton. A partir d'un voyage en car à Glasgow, aller puis retour, silencieux. A partir des millions de choses qui composent ne serait-ce qu'un jour sur Terre. Micky & Addie est l'histoire d'une étonnante amitié entre deux enfants, qui chacun de leur côté voient leurs rêves et leurs certitudes s'ébranler. Ensemble, ils s'échapperont du monde des adultes et découvriront le pouvoir de l'imaginaire pour apprivoiser le quotidien. Rob Evans est également l'auteur de Simon la Gadouille et d'une adaptation de Peter Pan.

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