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  • American Spy

  • A Cold War Spy Thriller Like You've Never Read Before
  • By: Lauren Wilkinson
  • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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American Spy

By: Lauren Wilkinson
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
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Publisher's summary

A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING 2019 PICK

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

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.

©2019 Lauren Wilkinson (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK
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Critic reviews

"A spy thriller like you've never read before." (TIME)

"Packed with unforgettable characters, it's a stunning book, timely as it is timeless." (Paul Beatty, Man Booker Prize Winner)

"Riveting and thrilling from the very first page." (Marie Claire)

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