{"product_id":"the-catcher-was-a-spy-the-mysterious-life-of-moe-berg-2","title":"The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg","description":"NATIONAL BESTSELLER\n\n“A delightful book that recounts one of the strangest episodes in the history of espionage. . . . . Relentlessly entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review\n\nMoe Berg is the only major-league baseball player whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA. For Berg was much more than a third-string catcher who played on several major league teams between 1923 and 1939. Educated at Princeton and the Sorbonne, he as reputed to speak a dozen languages (although it was also said he couldn't hit in any of them) and went on to become an OSS spy in Europe during World War II.\n\nAs Nicholas Dawidoff follows Berg from his claustrophobic childhood through his glamorous (though equivocal) careers in sports and espionage and into the long, nomadic years during which he lived on the hospitality of such scattered acquaintances as Joe DiMaggio and Albert Einstein, he succeeds not only in establishing where Berg went, but who he was beneath his layers of carefully constructed cover. As engrossing as a novel by John le Carré, The Catcher Was a Spy is a triumphant work of historical and psychological detection.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679762892\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0679762892.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Dawidoff, Nicholas\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43329196294205,"sku":"BVV.0679762892.A","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0679762892-0_ed7373c7-1de8-43ab-9a69-6de611e857f0.jpg?v=1783459759","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-catcher-was-a-spy-the-mysterious-life-of-moe-berg-2","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}