Kim Philby

Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby also H. A. R. Philby (January 1, 1912 – May 11, 1988) was a high ranking member of British intelligence who led a lifelong career as a spy for the Soviet Union.

Philby in fiction

• The Tim Powers novel Declare is partly based on unexplained aspects of Philby's life story, providing a supernatural context for his behavior ("tradecraft meets Lovecraft").
• The Frederick Forsyth novel, The Fourth Protocol, features an elderly Philby advising a Soviet leader on a plot to influence a British election in 1987.
• The Robert Littell novel "The Company" features Philby as a confidante of former CIA Counter-Intelligence chief James Angleton.