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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

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

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A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN'A... Read more

    Publisher: Dialogue
    Publication Date: 16/07/2020
    ISBN13: 9780349700984, 978-0349700984
    ISBN10: 0349700982

    Number of Pages: 304

    Fiction , Crime & Thriller

    Description

    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

    __________________________________

    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

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