The man with the poison gun
By: Serhii Plokhy
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9781786070432; 9781786070449
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Assassination; Soviet Espionage; History; Poisoning; Political crimes and offenses; Cold War; Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti; Soviet Union
Description: In the autumn of 1961, a KGB assassin defected to West Germany. Bogdan Stashinsky had already travelled on numerous occasions to Munich, where he had singlehandedly tracked down and killed the enemies of the communist regime. His weapon was a specially designed secret: it killed without leaving any trace. Stashinsky crossed into West Berlin just hours before the Berlin Wall was erected and spilled his secrets to the authorities. This is the true story of the man that inspired Ian Fleming's 'The Man With the Golden Gun'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-354) and index.