Laureen Wilkinson - American Spy (2nd Hand Hardback)
ISBN / GTIN-13 : 9780349701004
Synopsis
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.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Suspense & Thriller
- Published : 2019 (Dialogue Books / Little, Brown - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)
- ISBN : 9780349701004
- SKU : B002886
- PPC : SP600gm
- RRP : £14.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'A whole lot more than just a spy thriller, wrapping together the ties of family, of love and of country' - Barak Obama.
'There has never been anything like it' - GQ.
'A compelling read' - Mail on Sunday.
'Pacy and very exciting' - Daily Telegraph.
'Packed with unforgettable characters . . . A stunning book' - Paul Beatty.
'Intelligent and propulsive' - The Guardian.
'A spy thriller like you've never read before' - Time Magazine.
'American Spy updates the espionage thriller with blazing originality.' - Entertainment Weekly.
The Author
Lauren Wilkinson’s debut novel, American Spy, was a Washington Post bestseller, an NAACP Image Award nominee, an Anthony award nominee, and an Edgar Award nominee. It was short-listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, was a Barnes & Noble Book of the Month, a PBS book club pick, and was included on Barack Obama’s 2019 Recommended Reading List. Lauren earned an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in Granta, The Believer, New York magazine and The New York Times, among other publications. Lauren splits her time between New York and Los Angeles where she works as a writer for television (Citadel, Life Undercover, Class of '09, Star Trek: Discovery).
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