Finks
How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Espionage, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Political Science
| Author: | Joel Whitney | ISBN: | 9781944869267 |
| Publisher: | OR Books | Publication: | January 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | OR Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joel Whitney |
| ISBN: | 9781944869267 |
| Publisher: | OR Books |
| Publication: | January 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | OR Books |
| Language: | English |
•A "biography of an idea," in the author's words, that won't go away: that the CIA was as committed to steering our culture as it was to masterminding coups and assassinations for which it is better known.
•Among the key players in this ongoing story are some beloved writers: on the one hand, George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen, William Styron, Boris Pasternak and Irwin Shaw; on the other, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Gabriel García Márquez.
•While the story of the CIA's cultural involvement has been explored before, Finks relies heavily on original research in the form of interviews and archival investigations, and contains new information--particularly surrounding The Paris Review.
•Highly praised by advance reviewers.
•Grew out of two-part series in Salon magazine.
•Includes 900 footnotes and an index
•A "biography of an idea," in the author's words, that won't go away: that the CIA was as committed to steering our culture as it was to masterminding coups and assassinations for which it is better known.
•Among the key players in this ongoing story are some beloved writers: on the one hand, George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen, William Styron, Boris Pasternak and Irwin Shaw; on the other, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Gabriel García Márquez.
•While the story of the CIA's cultural involvement has been explored before, Finks relies heavily on original research in the form of interviews and archival investigations, and contains new information--particularly surrounding The Paris Review.
•Highly praised by advance reviewers.
•Grew out of two-part series in Salon magazine.
•Includes 900 footnotes and an index
