The Double Life of Katharine Clark

Gregorio's story is factual, but it reads like a John le Carre or Alan Furst spy thriller... an exciting read. -- The Epoch Times A fascinating, true life, and impressively informative journalist memoir that reads with all the suspense and high-tension thrills of a novel. -- Midwest Book Review Clark's story, finally told, reads like an espionage thriller in Gregorio's capable hands--with the added wallop of its being true. Gregorio debuts with a rousing and rigorously researched biography of her great-aunt Katharine Clark.... a fitting tribute to a pioneering female journalist. -- Publishers Weekly In this haunting and utterly necessary book that brings to life the print-and-typewriter age of journalism in Eastern Europe in the 1950s, Katharine Gregorio tells the nail-biting story of how Djilas's greatest works were smuggled out of Belgrade to the West. Both timeless and rooted-in-place, it recreates a forgotten chapter of the Cold War. -- Robert D. Kaplan, national best-selling author of Balkan Ghosts and In Europe's Shadow Katharine Clark was a pathfinder. From a conservative background, she was anything but as she challenged every obstacle that stood in her way--including the Yugoslavian Secret Police. An interesting read well told. -- Nina Willner, author of Forty Autumns Katharine Clark's journey reads like thriller fiction, with all the heart-thumping tension and risk that only someone fighting against a powerful and oppressive government could appreciate, all the while battling the misogynistic culture of Depression-era newsrooms. She got her story all right, and we are privileged to hear it. -- Major General Mari K. Eder, author of The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line This is an excellent and unique book on several levels. It provides an authoritative account of an important Cold War episode, in which one of the most senior Yugoslav party leaders, Milovan Djilas, lost faith in Tito-driven governance and denounced its hypocrisy and oppression. The story of Katharine Clark's willingness to challenge in real time the virtues of Yugoslav-style communism is an example of journalistic bravery. It is a remarkable read! -- Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs