American Spy: a Cold War spy thriller like you've never read before - Couverture souple

Wilkinson, Lauren

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349700982 ISBN 13 : 9780349700984

Editeur : Dialogue Books, 2020

Synopsis

A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN

'A whole lot more than just a spy thriller, wrapping together the ties of family, of love and of country' BARACK OBAMA

'There has never been anything like it' MARLON JAMES (GQ)

'A compelling read' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Brilliant Cold War spy thriller. A gripping tale and an unusual take on the spy genre told from an intriguing perspective' HWA DEBUT CROWN JUDGES

'Pacy and very exciting' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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What if your sense of duty required you to betray the man you love?

It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War. Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant and talented, but she's also a black woman working in an all-white boys' club, and her career has stalled with routine paperwork - until she's recruited to a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic, revolutionary president of Burkina Faso, whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention.

In the year that follows, Marie will observe Thomas, seduce him, and ultimately, have a hand in the coup that will bring him down. But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, and a good American.

'A stunning book' PAUL BEATTY

'Intelligent and propulsive' GUARDIAN

'A spy thriller like you've never read before' TIME

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lauren Wilkinson grew up in New York City and lives in the Lower East Side. She earned her MFA in Fiction and Literary Translation from Columbia University and has taught writing at Columbia and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She has received writing fellowships from the Center for Fiction and the MacDowell Colony, and her fiction has appeared in Granta.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

What if your sense of duty required you tobetray the man you love?

It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War. Marie Mitchell is anintelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant and talented, but she's alsoa black woman working in an all-white boys' club, and her career has stalledwith routine paperwork - until she's recruited to a shadowy task force aimed atundermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic, revolutionary president of BurkinaFaso.

In the year that follows, Marie will observe Thomas, seducehim, and ultimately, have a hand in the coup that will bring him down. Butdoing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, alover and a good American.

'A stunning book' Paul Beatty

'Intelligent and propulsive' Guardian

'A spy thriller like you'venever read before' Time

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dialogue Books
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349700982
• ISBN 13: 9780349700984
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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