The Good Assassin: A Novel

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&“The Good Assassin opens up Hemingway&’s Cuba. Possessing Alan Furst&’s attention for period detail and the deft character touches of John Le Carré, Vidich has quickly carved out a place for himself among the very first rank of espionage writers. It&’s a masterful effort and the author&’s best work to date.&” —Michael Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of The Chicago Way &“The Good Assassin is first-rate literary espionage…Author Paul Vidich has evoked not only the intrigue and brutality of Batista&’s Cuba, but the island itself…a masterful work of noir fiction.&” —Susan Isaacs, New York Times bestselling author of A Hint of Strangeness Paul Vidich follows up his acclaimed debut spy thriller An Honorable Man with &“a keen historical adventure from the best noir tradition&” (Elizabeth Kostova, #1 New York Times bestselling author) set in 1950s Cuba, as foreign powers compete to influence the outcome of a revolution.Former CIA Agent George Mueller arrives in Havana in August 1958, during the last months of dictator Fulgencio Batista&’s reign, to look into the activities of Toby Graham—an in-country CIA officer suspected of harboring sympathies for the rebels fighting the unpopular Batista regime. Specifically, Mueller&’s old friend Graham may be putting weapons into the hands of Castro&’s forces, in bold defiance of the United States arms embargo on the island. But when Mueller uncovers a world of deceit as the FBI, CIA, and State Department compete to influence the outcome of the revolution in the face of the brutal dictatorship&’s imminent collapse, he realizes that nothing and no one is what they seem. This is a powerful story of ideals, passions, betrayals, and corrupting political rivalries in the months before Castro&’s march into Havana on New Year&’s Day, 1959. As New York Times bestselling author Michael Harvey raves, &“It&’s a masterful effort and the author&’s best work to date.&”
Copyright:
2017

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
288 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781501110443
Related ISBNs:
9781501110436, 9781501110436
Publisher:
Atria/Emily Bestler Books
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Copyrighted By:
Paul Vidich
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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