Spy books win National Book Awards - NYP

SPY BOOKS WIN AWARDS: "Two books about espionage -- one fiction, one-non-fiction -- took top prizes at the National Book Awards last night. 'Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA,' by Tim Weiner, was the winner of the award for non-fiction. The book by the New York Times reporter was published by Doubleday. 'Tree of Smoke' by Denis Johnson, a novel set during the Vietnam War, took top honors in the fiction category. It is published by Farar, Straus and Giroux."