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Overview"""The Hungarian"" is a stylish and sexy thriller that readers have called the literary love child of John le Carré and Quentin Tarantino! While vacationing in Greece in 1956, Lily Tassos, the hard-partying daughter of a powerful arms dealer, has a sudden change in plans. After her sometime boyfriend -a CIA agent- is murdered before her eyes, she finds herself holding a ticket to Moscow and a mysterious metal card. A far cry from her usual pairing of a Faulkner novel and bottle (or two) of white Bordeaux. Alone and haunted by her lover's death, apolitical Lily resolves to complete his mission and find out who killed him. Masquerading as a gung-ho member of the American Communist Party, she travels to Moscow, where she is contacted by Pasha Tarkhan. Brutal, yet charismatic, Tarkhan is both a high-ranking Soviet official and CIA asset, not to mention a covert supporter of the Russian Spiritual Underground. This alliance of self-styled ""deists"" have rejected the secular Soviet state and vowed to bring it down by means of faith, prayer...and blood. Grinding her old life beneath the heel of her Dior stiletto, Lily puts her new one on the line, surrendering to fate, love and, for once, events bigger than herself. If you're a fan of books by John le Carré, Daniel Silva, Graham Greene, Ken Follett, and Alan Furst, you won't be able to put down this masterfully written Cold War thriller!" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Victoria DoughertyPublisher: Wilderness Press Imprint: Wilderness Press Volume: 2 Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9780997465761ISBN 10: 099746576 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 23 July 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationVictoria Dougherty is the author of The Bone Church, Welcome to the Hotel Yalta, Cold and The Hungarian. She writes fiction, drama, and essays that revolve around lovers, killers, curses, and destinies. WordPress, the blogging platform that hosts over 70 million blogs worldwide, has singled out her blog, COLD, as one of their top Recommended Blogs by writers or about writing. Her work has also been published or profiled in the New York Times, USA Today, The International Herald Tribune, and elsewhere. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |