From the inside jacket: “A stylish and suspenseful historical page-turner… inspired by the true story of CIA intervention in Cold War American arts and letters.” ******************************* Louise Leithauser is a young journalist in 1950’s NYC. Writing & publishing are still male dominated fields at this point in time, and it’s difficult for a woman to be taken seriously. However, as luck would have it, Louise’s lover, Joe, has started up his own literary magazine and has handed her some very sought after interviews… including one with Ernest Hemingway! Along the way, Louise begins to notice things that make her wonder if Joe is on the up and up. Her interview with Hemingway makes her even more suspicious of Joe! Is he a spy? Does he work for the CIA? Louise is also writing a novel whose main character defects from the US to Russia. Joe is extremely unhappy about this and attempts to keep it from ever being published. Why does he do this? You’ll have to read it for yourself!