Prisoner of Lies: Jack Downey’s Cold War – Author Barry Werth in Conversation with Anthony Giardina

Wednesday, September 11, 6:30-7:30pm

Join us for a reading with local author and award winning journalist, Barry Werth. Werth’s new book, Prisoner of Lies: Jack Downey’s Cold War, tells the remarkable true story of the longest-held prisoner of war in American History, John Downey Jr., a CIA officer captured in China during the Korean war and imprisoned for twenty-one years.

Barry Werth will be joined in conversation by local novelist, essayist, and playwright, Anthony Giardina.

This event will also be livestreamed on the Forbes YouTube channel. Presented in partnership with Broadside Bookshop.