Agent High Pockets

Agent High Pockets is the autobiography of Claire "High Pockets" Phillips, an American entertainer living in Manila in 1941 who became an angel of the underground when her husband is killed by the invading Japanese army. Using her popular Tsubuki Nightclub as a headquarters, High Pockets and her staff serve spiked drinks to Japanese officers and seduce military information out of them. During the day, Claire smuggles contraband in her bra ('high pockets') past bribed Japanese guards paid to look the other way, into imprisoned American POWs — money, food and clothes — saving countless lives.

In her own words Phillips tells the story of her life, her time in the Philippines, her courageous war service, and the arrest and torture she endured when she was caught. It's a thrilling war tale of espionage, smuggling, sabotage, and one woman whose patriotism drove her to risk her own life to protect others.

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