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Horrifying but gripping: Netflix's The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman reviewed

5 February 2022

9:00 AM

5 February 2022

9:00 AM

The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman

Netflix

It’s 1993 and you’re studying at a top agricultural college with a bright future ahead of you, perhaps in farming or land management, when a chance conversation with a barman all but ruins your life.

The barman tells you that he is an agent working for MI5, spying on an IRA cell in college, one of whose members happens to be your flatmate.

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