Witness

First published in 1952, Witness came on the heals of Americas trial of the century, in which Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss, a fullstanding member of the political establishment, of spying for the Soviet Union. In this penetrating philosophical memoir, Chambers recounts the famous case as well as his own experiences as a Communist agent in the United States, his later renunciation of communism, and his conversion to Christianity. Chambers' worldviewman without mysticism is a monsterhelped to make political conservatism a national force. Witness packs the emotional wallop and the literary power of a classic Russian novel and has gained Chambers recognition by critics on both sides of the spectrum as a truly gifted writer.