A failed poet turned anti-spy infiltrates Washington’s power circles in a witty, subversive postwar memoir.
Owned
No reviews yet
Owned
A failed poet turned anti-spy infiltrates Washington’s power circles in a witty, subversive postwar memoir.
About
Details
Winston Bates is without training or talent, the very definition of anti-spy. Yet this failed poet in postwar Paris is recruited by a foreign power and sent undercover to Washington. Somehow he makes his way onto the staff of the powerful Senator Richard Russell, head of the Armed Services Committee, and from that perch gains extensive and revealing contacts with the crucial players in the American political game. The Dulles brothers, Richard Bissell, Richard Helms, Lyndon Johnson, Joe Alsop, Wa...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Violence & gore
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Profanity
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Magic & witchcraft
AI
No fantasy magic depicted.
Occult / demonology
AI
No occult content depicted.
Political content
AI
Central focus on political intrigue and power dynamics in postwar Washington.
Self-harm / suicide
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Other
AI
No information found.