By Ronald Drabkin It’s been a long and unexpected journey—from the moment I discovered my father had been a spy, to seeing my nonfiction book, Rutland, Omae wa Dare Da, prominently displayed in the history section of Kinokuniya and other major Japanese bookstores. (The English version, published by HarperCollins, is called Beverly Hills Spy.) The hero and villain of the story is one English [...]
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