“Agent Zigzag is a true-history thriller, a real spy story superbly written. It belongs to my favorite genre: the ‘Friday night book’—start it then, because you will want to stay with it all weekend.” —Alan Furst

“The best book ever written.” —Alex Beam, Boston Globe

“Meticulously crafted . . . an enormously fascinating book about an enormously fascinating man.” —Washington Times

“Chapman’s life had more hair’s-breadth escapes than you’ll find in ten Ian Fleming novels.” —Details

“A revelation . . . a portrait of a man who double-crossed not only the Nazis, but just about every principle and person he encountered. In doing so, Eddie Chapman made all thriller writers’ jobs harder, because this spy tale trumps any fiction.” —Men’s Journal

“This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating and hair-raising true-life adventures . . . and beautifully told. For anyone interested in the Second World War, spying, romance, skullduggery or the hidden chambers of the human mind, it would be impossible to recommend it too highly.” —Mail on Sunday

“Macintyre tells Chapman’s tale in a perfect pitch: with the Boys’ Own thrills of Rider Haggard, the verve of George MacDonald Fraser and Carl Hiaasen’s mordant humor. . . . Hugely entertaining.” —The Observer

“If Ben Macintyre had presented this story as a novel, it would have been denounced as far too unlikely: yet every word of it is true. Moreover he has that enviable gift, the inability to write a dull sentence. An enthralling book.” —The Spectator