"basket weaving" revisited

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 5/24/07, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> At 5/24/2007 02:58 PM, Wilson wrote:
> >As well as the reviewer of detective / cop stories, murder mysteries,
> >and books of that ilk for the Boston Globe. (I don't recall the dates,
> >but who can forget a name like "Robin W. Winks"?
>
> Apparently I could -- and I've been reading the Boston Globe since
> 1959.  I do not recall the name before encountering his _What is
> Evidence?_ a couple of months ago.

He also wrote _Cloak and Gown_, about the Yalies (and other Ivy
Leaguers) who started up the OSS/CIA -- the inspiration for the recent
Matt Damon vehicle _The Good Shepherd_ (which loused up the history).


--Ben

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