Seats available to hear ‘Perfect Spy’ author

Seats are still available for a talk by author and historian Larry Berman on Wednesday at the Newport Beach Central Library. Berman will discuss his new book, “The Perfect Spy,” about reporter Pham Xuan An, who gave intelligence to the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war while working for U.S. news organizations. An first came to the U.S. in 1957 to study at Orange Coast College and later worked for Reuters news service and Time magazine.

Berman’s talk is free and will be held in the Friends meeting room at the library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. For reservations call (949) 644-3296 or visit www.nbplfoundation.org.

— Alicia Robinson