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What happens when a father asks his son to lie for the greater good? Growing up, Scott C. Johnson always suspected that his father was different. Only as a teenager did he discover the truth his father was a spy, one of the CIAs most trusted officers. At first the secret was thrilling. But over time Scott began to have doubts. How could a man so rigorously trained to deceive and manipulate simply turn off those skills at home? His father had been living a double life for so long that his lies were hard to separate from the truth. When Scott embarked on a career as a foreign correspondent, he found himself returning to many of the troubled countries of his youth. In the dusty streets of Pakistan and Afghanistan, amid the cold urbanity of Yugoslavia, and down the mysterious alleys of Mexico City, he came face to face with his fathers murky pastand his own complicity in it.
About the Author
Scott C. Johnson was a Newsweek foreign correspondent and Bureau Chief for over twelve years, reporting from over fifty countries on five continents. Scott has spent much of the last decade in the Middle East, covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and in Africa, reporting on politics and current affairs. He has been the chief of Newsweek's Mexico, Baghdad, and Africa bureaus, as well as a special correspondent from Paris. He was part of the team that contributed to Newsweek's 2003 National Magazine Award for reportage of the Iraq war, and in 2004 the Overseas Press Club honored his reports on Latin America. He has appeared in various American media, including CNN ,National Geographic Explorer , and National Public Radio, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, Guernica, and elsewhere. He writes frequently about trauma, PTSD, and violence, and was the recipient of a fellowship by the California Endowment from 2010-2013. He is currently at work on a novel. Scott lives in California with his wife, and his cat, Dude.
