'Smith examines MI5 files held on writers before and after WWII in this compelling book … [he] is judicious in framing his study. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' J. M. Utell, Choice
Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Intellectual and intelligence contexts, 1930–60; 2. The Auden circle; 3. Ewan MacColl, Joan Littlewood, and Theatre Workshop; 4. Arthur Koestler and George Orwell; Epilogue; Notes.