I just finished the fantastic book "The Irregulars" by Jennet Conant- the non-fiction tale of Roald Dahl and the British Security Coordination, who spied in the US during WWII for the British. It was a fairly fun read (with a few poorly worded sentences)- and showed the truly glamorous side of spying. Dahl had numerous affairs, made high level friends, including the Roosevelts, and discovered his love and aptitude for writing. And all by the time he was 29.
Some of the fun facts I learned:
Dahl was 6'6" and a fighter pilot.
Lyndon Johnson was an attractive womanizer.
I need to read Dahl's short story "Skin" as I had liked his story "Lamb to the Slaughter" whose plot was suggested to him by Ian Fleming.
Leslie Howard, from "Gone with the Wind", was killed whilst on a spy mission during WWII.
Truman replaced Wallace as FDR's running mate for his fourth term, and this was approved by the Brits as they were scared of Wallace's socialist idealism.
And there was so much more, but I've been nattering on about it over drinks for a week now, so I think I've gotten it out of my system.
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