Kurt Andersen and screenwriter and novelist John Ridley look at spies in our art and culture. Ridley is also a playwright, and comedian. He wrote the screenplay for this summer’s hit film, Undercover Brother, and wrote the story for the 1999 movie, Three Kings. His fourth novel, entitled A Conversation with the Mann, was published by Warner Books in June.
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