MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012000280
003 DLC
005 20120508102139.0
008 120125s2012 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2012000280
020 $a9781616950743 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aPR6054.O868$bL48 2012
082 00 $a823/.914$223
084 $aFIC006000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aDowning, David.
245 10 $aLehrter station /$cDavid Downing.
260 $aNew York :$bSoho Crime,$c2012.
300 $a378 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"Paris, November 1945. John Russell is walking home along the banks of the Seine on a cold and misty evening when Soviet agent Yevgeny Shchepkin falls into step alongside him. Shchepkin tells Russell that the American intelligence will soon be asking him to undertake some low grade espionage on their behalf--assessing the strains between different sections of the German Communist Party--and that Shchepkin's own bosses in Moscow want him to accept the task and pass his findings on to them. He adds that refusal will put Russell's livelihood and life at risk, but that once he has accepted it, he'll find himself even further entangled in the Soviet net. It's a lose-lose situation. Shchepkin admits that his own survival now depends on his ability to utilize Russell. The only way out for the two of them is to make a deal with the Americans. If they can come up with something the Americans want or need badly enough, then perhaps Russell will be forgiven for handing German atomic secrets over to Moscow and Shchepkin might be offered the sort of sanctuary that also safeguards the lives of his wife and daughter in Moscow. Every decision Russell makes now is a dangerous one"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aRussell, John (Fictitious character)$vFiction.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vFiction.
651 0 $aParis (France)$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Espionage.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aSpy stories.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Cover image$u978-1-61695-074-3.jpg