Status
Checked out
Due 2024-05-22
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Publication
Vintage (2020), 368 pages
Description
At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world--using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Irina is a complete novice, and under Sally's tutelage quickly learns how to blend in, make drops, and invisibly ferry classified documents.
Awards
Edgar Award (Nominee — First Novel — 2020)
Macavity Award (Winner — 2020)
RUSA CODES Reading List (Winner — Historical Fiction — 2020)
NPR: Books We Love (2019)
Reese's Book Club (2019 — 2019)
This Mystery is Amazing! (#9 — 2021)
Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List (Selection — 2020)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults (Selection — 2019)