Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery

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Rosalie Knecht: Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery (2020, Tin House Books, LLC)

264 pages

English language

Published 2020 by Tin House Books, LLC.

ISBN:
978-1-947793-79-8
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5 stars (1 review)

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Great mystery set during the 60s

5 stars

Set in the 60s, Vera Kelley is a lesbian spy in the CIA who leaves CIA when they leave her hanging during a hairy time in Argentina. She loses her next job when the manager finds out she is lesbian. She turns to being a private investigator putting her spying skills to good use. This book touches upon the US intervention in Dominican Republic and how much it did to prop up a dictator while also being a mystery that touches on the foster care system and how screwed up it is. Really loved the atmosphere setting which felt very lived in and how difficult it must have been for LGBTQ+ folks to be surviving in the middle of it all and yet they did.

Subjects

  • American literature