Book Review (kind of): "The Catcher Was a Spy," by Nicholas Dawidoff
Sadly, I'm giving up on it. The book is long and boring, which is too bad. He was such an interesting man.
"When Linda McCarthy, the CIA museum curator, talks about Moe Berg, her face flushes sanguine and her conversation comes in breathless, staccato surges. Moe Berg is her passion. 'People think I'm making him up,' she says. 'I idolize Moe. He did it for the right reasons. He joined the OSS with a purpose in mind. He knew he'd be useful to this country. He knew what the Germans were doing with the atomic bomb. That's what intelligence is all about. You have to know what the other side's doing.
"'As a ballplayer he was a gentleman,' continues McCarthy, who drives a utility vehicle - 'for a utility catcher,' she says - adorned with MOE BERG license plates. 'I admire Renaisance men. I'd love to sit down and talk with him. In the evening when I close up my museum, I go over and say good night to Moe. I think his spirit is here. I think I do know him.'"
If only she had been the one to write the book.
"When Linda McCarthy, the CIA museum curator, talks about Moe Berg, her face flushes sanguine and her conversation comes in breathless, staccato surges. Moe Berg is her passion. 'People think I'm making him up,' she says. 'I idolize Moe. He did it for the right reasons. He joined the OSS with a purpose in mind. He knew he'd be useful to this country. He knew what the Germans were doing with the atomic bomb. That's what intelligence is all about. You have to know what the other side's doing.
"'As a ballplayer he was a gentleman,' continues McCarthy, who drives a utility vehicle - 'for a utility catcher,' she says - adorned with MOE BERG license plates. 'I admire Renaisance men. I'd love to sit down and talk with him. In the evening when I close up my museum, I go over and say good night to Moe. I think his spirit is here. I think I do know him.'"
If only she had been the one to write the book.

5 Comments:
i still think you should be linda mccarthy's friend
Good for you for putting it down. Although that is too bad -- what a cool guy! (Maybe you should write your own book about him -- or ask Linda too;)
i was proud of me for putting it down. that doesn't happen very often.
I'm all too good at it. Well, unless we're talking about the computer...
i often unintentionally leave a book half-read, but it is hard to just give up on a book. it feels disloyal, and i always hope the book will get better if i just keep reading.
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