Conant, Jennet.

A Covert Affair. Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Hardcover. An account of "Julia and Paul Child's experiences as members of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Asia during World War II and the years when they were caught up in the McCarthy Red spy hunt in the 1950s. This work is a portrait of a group of idealistic men and women who were recruited by the citizen spy service, slapped into uniform, and dispatched to wage political warfare in remote outposts such as Ceylon, India, and China."

8vo, 395pp, black cloth and red boards, gilt title on spine, original dj. Fine. Item #27603
ISBN: 9781439163528

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