Titles starting with N from MEADOR BOOKS

Set in Greece (where DeLillo lived for a few years) and the Middle East, this novel is about an American businessman, a "risk analyst" for a company that insures multinational corporations against acts of political terrorism. He becomes fascinated by a mysterious cult on an Aegean island and embarks on an impassioned search for an archaeologist who may hold the secret of the cult's meaning.

The story behind the 1950s Hollywood blacklist and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which issued subpoenas to members of the Hollywood filmmaking community--writers, directors, actors--demanding their testimony about membership in the Communist Party. Those subpoenaed faced wrenching moral dilemmas, as well as the possible loss of their careers, as they were ordered to testify against friends and colleagues. Some chose to testify--naming names--while others dissented, and many lives were ruined. Navasky draws on the experiences of Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner, and others.