Simon Putnam is a recent Harvard graduate newly hired by a distinguished New York publishing firm. Simon's first assignment involves editing a lurid bodice-ripper improbably based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Gradually Simon realizes that the people around him are not what they seem, that everyone is keeping secrets, that ordinary events may conceal a diabolical plot, and that these crises may steer him toward a brighter future.
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Simon Putnam is a recent Harvard graduate newly hired by a distinguished New York publishing firm. Simon's first assignment involves editing a lurid bodice-ripper improbably based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Gradually Simon realizes that the people around him are not what they seem, that everyone is keeping secrets, that ordinary events may conceal a diabolical plot, and that these crises may steer him toward a brighter future.
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