This is a profoundly moving book about a man coming to realize that the ideology he has dedicated his life to is a fraud and is exceedingly evil. But even more than the story of this realization is his story of courage in taking action to right the wrongs he was party to. And in case you have heard of the “Red Scare” this book reminds you that there were Communist agents at the highest levels of government. And Alger Hiss was guilty, guilty, guilty.