As part of 2019’s amazing line-up of authors at the Clapham Book Festival on 5th October, we introduce a new type of session this year, of an author introducing his or her new book and then reading from that book.
Local historian, biographer and travel writer, Henry Hemming takes the inaugural slot talking
about, then reading from, his latest book Our Man in New York.
After the hugely successful M, a biography of Maxwell Knight, MI5’s greatest spymaster, Hemming has moved on to tell the story of the covert British operation to manipulate public opinion in the US, using, amongst other things, fake news and spin, to prepare the way for America to enter World War II. Our Man in New York has been described by William Boyd as “A revelatory and wholly fascinating work of history. Superbly researched and written with gripping fluency, this lost secret of 
World War II espionage finally has its expert chronicler.”
As Nicholas Shakespeare has said, it is ‘Gripping and intoxicating, it unfolds like the best screenplay.’ There are rumours that Hollywood is interested. So come along and listen to its author read an extract at five o’clock on Saturday 5th October.
For more on this year’s Clapham Book Festival take a look at the Programme on the web-site. Or buy your tickets at Omnibus Theatre.
Julie Anderson 