The Unwitting

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Call Number: Fiction
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"During the Cold War, many liberal anti-communist writers, artists, musicians, and intellectuals ended up working for organizations that were CIA fronts. CIA protocol dictated that one individual in the various organizations would be investigated, sworn to secrecy, and told about the CIA connection and funding. That individual was, in Agency parlance, witting. Everyone else was unwitting. The Unwitting is about a husband who is witting, a wife who is unwitting, and the unraveling of her life when she discovers that the person she is closest to in the world, the husband she loved and trusted, has betrayed her not with another woman but with an allegiance"-- Provided by publisher.

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Historical Fiction submitted by cdeucher on August 14, 2023, 7:54am This is a book about politics, human relationships, and love, from a writer of many historical novels. This one is set during the Cold War and Nell, the protagonist who is writing for The Compass slowly uncovers her husband's involvement with the CIA. Page turner for sure.