Ministers of Fire: A Novel - Tapa blanda

Saunders, Mark Harril

 
9780804011549: Ministers of Fire: A Novel
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ISBN 10: 0804011540 ISBN 13: 9780804011549
Editorial: OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2014

Sinopsis

Kabul, Afghanistan, 1979: CIA station chief Lucius Burling, an idealistic but flawed product of his nation's intelligence establishment, barely survives the assassination of the American ambassador. Burling's reaction to the murder, and his desire to understand its larger meaning, propel him on a journey of intrigue and betrayal that will reach its ultimate end in the streets of Shanghai, months after 9/11. A Chinese dissident physicist may (or may not) be planning to sell his country's nuclear secrets, and in his story Burling, now living quietly as consul, recognizes the fingerprints of a covert operation, one without the obvious sanction of the Agency. The dissident's escape draws the violent attention of the Chinese internal security service, and as Burling is drawn inexorably into their path, he must face the ghosts of his past misadventures and a present world of global trafficking, fragile alliances, and the human need for connection above all.

Reminiscent of the best work of Graham Greene and John le Carré, Ministers of Fire extends the spy thriller into new historical, political, and emotional territory.

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Acerca del autor

Mark Harril Saunders was born and raised in the Washington, D.C., area and holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia, where he was a Henry Hoyns Fellow. He has traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, and China. His writing has appeared in the VQR, Boston Review, and the Virginian-Pilot, and in 2001 he was awarded the Andrew S. Lytle Prize for fiction from Sewanee Review. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife and three children.

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Editorial
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0804011540
ISBN 13 
9780804011549
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
368
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Editorial: OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2014
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