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The Irregulars by Jennet Conant

The Irregulars

Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

by Jennet Conant
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  • Sep 9, 2008, 416 pages
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  • Sep 2009, 416 pages
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Dahl had no doubt that he was auditioning for membership in a secret society and that the initiation process would be as byzantine as it was mysterious and could take months, maybe longer. It was also entirely possible that he would hear nothing. As exasperating as his situation was, he had no choice but to busy himself with his work at the Air Mission and wait. Keen to prove himself to his prospective employers, he began collec

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