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Hollywood Double Agent

by Jonathan Gill
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This true story of Golden Age Hollywood and Cold War espionage is a "captivating, fast-paced narrative [that] reads like a thriller" (Library Journal).
Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and '40s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as J. Edgar Hoover would discover, these successes were a cover for one of the most incredible espionage tales in the history of the Cold War—Boris Morros also worked for Russian intelligence.
Morros's assignments took him to the White House, the Vatican, and deep behind the Iron Curtain. The high-level intel he provided the KGB included military secrets and compromising information on prominent Americans: his friends. But in 1947, Morros flipped. At the height of the McCarthy era, he played a leading role in a deadly tale. Jonathan Gill's Hollywood Double Agent is an extraordinary story about Russian spies at the heart of American culture and politics, and one man caught in the middle of the Cold War.
"Well-written and perceptive . . . Morros was an empty vessel who could be turned left or right depending on how it satisfied his personal interest." —New York Journal of Books
"Reads like an espionage thriller . . . with malevolent, powerful—and sometimes bumbling—characters." —Kirkus Reviews
"A fascinating and swift-reading biography." —The Wall Street Journal
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Publisher: ABRAMS, Inc.

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  • ISBN: 9781683358152
  • Release date: April 12, 2022

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This true story of Golden Age Hollywood and Cold War espionage is a "captivating, fast-paced narrative [that] reads like a thriller" (Library Journal).
Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and '40s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as J. Edgar Hoover would discover, these successes were a cover for one of the most incredible espionage tales in the history of the Cold War—Boris Morros also worked for Russian intelligence.
Morros's assignments took him to the White House, the Vatican, and deep behind the Iron Curtain. The high-level intel he provided the KGB included military secrets and compromising information on prominent Americans: his friends. But in 1947, Morros flipped. At the height of the McCarthy era, he played a leading role in a deadly tale. Jonathan Gill's Hollywood Double Agent is an extraordinary story about Russian spies at the heart of American culture and politics, and one man caught in the middle of the Cold War.
"Well-written and perceptive . . . Morros was an empty vessel who could be turned left or right depending on how it satisfied his personal interest." —New York Journal of Books
"Reads like an espionage thriller . . . with malevolent, powerful—and sometimes bumbling—characters." —Kirkus Reviews
"A fascinating and swift-reading biography." —The Wall Street Journal
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Biography & Autobiography History Politics Nonfiction
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