Sometimes you have to lie : the life and times of Louise Fitzhugh, renegade author of Harriet the spy
by Brody, Leslie, 1952- (Author)
Summary
"The protagonist and anti-heroine of Louise Fitzhugh's masterpiece Harriet the Spy, first published first in 1964, continues to mesmerize generation after generation of readers. Harriet is an erratic, unsentimental, and endearing prototype--someone very like the woman who dreamed her up, author and... Full description
- Introduction: A nasty girl and horrid example
- Part one. Prologue ; Classified ; Clear and present danger ; Interrogation ; Intelligence ; Best assets ; Master of disguise ; Private investigator
- Part two. Clues ; Rout ; Snoop ; Detect ; Agency ; Agent Harrie ; Divided loyalties
- Part three. Luck, speculation, windfalls ; Tradecraft ; Survey the locality ; Witness
- Afterword.