Klop Ustinov was Britains most ingenious spy codenamed U35. He wasnt licensed to kill, he was authorised to tell tall stories that bemused and beguiled the enemy into revealing their deepest secrets. From the Russian Revolution to the Cold War he bluffed and tricked his way into the confidence of Soviet commissars and Gestapo Gruppenfhrer.
Klop was a bon viveur whose nickname meant bedbug, a nickname given him by a very understanding wife on account of his extraordinary capacity to hop from womans bed to another in the service of the King. He was descended from Russian aristocrats and Ethiopian princesses but fancied himself the perfect Englishman.
He passed on his talent as a raconteur to his famous son, the actor Peter Ustinov, but Klops untold story is more amazing and entertaining than any of Peters chat show anecdotes.
