The Secret Lovers
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McCarry, Charles
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ABRAMS, Inc. , 2006.
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Minutes after the handoff, the courier’s spine is neatly snapped by an impact with a passing black sedan. Meanwhile in Rome, Christopher's wife Cathy takes a famous film director as a lover to stir her husband out of the stoicism that defines his personality. These two seemingly discrete events set in motion a spiral of operational and personal intrigue that leads Christopher from meetings with an aging agent in the cafes of old Europe to a rendezvous with an operative on the front lines of the Cold War in the Congo as he secretly arranges the publication of a novel that could bring the Soviet system to its knees and races to identify the leak that compromised the messenger—and possibly his entire mission. The Secret Lovers is McCarry at his best—an exploration of the epic scope of "the great game," but also a riveting psychological portrait of a man ensnared by a profession that never failed to exert its insidious influence outside the professional boundaries that, like the facade of diplomacy that outwardly held the Cold War in check, could never contain its violence essence.

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Format
eBook
Street Date
11/23/2006
Language
English
ISBN
9781468300383
Subjects
Fiction
Mystery
Thriller

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Published Reviews

Publisher's Weekly Review

Charles McCarry fans will welcome the reissue of his 1977 Cold War novel, The Secret Lovers. His heroic American spy, Paul Christopher, gets hold of a Russian dissident's novel that could help topple the Soviet regime. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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More Cold War spy games from McCarry. In this 1977 outing, Paul Christopher secretly arranges the publication of a novel that will devastate the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, his wife's affair with a film director becomes connected with Paul's clandestine work and those trying to stop him. A good cat-and-mouse game, with a little sex and murder thrown in for fun. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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More Cold War spy games from McCarry. In this 1977 outing, Paul Christopher secretly arranges the publication of a novel that will devastate the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, his wife’s affair with a film director becomes connected with Paul’s clandestine work and those trying to stop him. A good cat-and-mouse game, with a little sex and murder thrown in for fun.

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Charles McCarry fans will welcome the reissue of his 1977 Cold War novel, The Secret Lovers. His heroic American spy, Paul Christopher, gets hold of a Russian dissident's novel that could help topple the Soviet regime. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McCarry, C. (2006). The Secret Lovers . ABRAMS, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McCarry, Charles. 2006. The Secret Lovers. ABRAMS, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McCarry, Charles. The Secret Lovers ABRAMS, Inc, 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

McCarry, C. (2006). The secret lovers. ABRAMS, Inc.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McCarry, Charles. The Secret Lovers ABRAMS, Inc., 2006.

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