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Overview"""Immersive, intriguing, and intelligent--incredibly impressive, up there with the best in the genre.""--New York Timesbestselling author Lee Child ""Dr. Zhivago meets James Bond in [this] ambitious debut. . . . Fans of intricate Cold War-era spy thrillers will be enthralled.""--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Summer 1961: The brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous. Two young prodigies from either side of the Iron Curtain, Yulia and Michael, meet at a chess tournament in London. They don't know it, but they're about to compete in the deadliest game ever played. Shadowing them is Greta, a ruthless Lithuanian resistance fighter who is hunting down some of the most dangerous men in the world. Men who are also on the radar of Vassily, perhaps the USSR's greatest spymaster. A man of cunning and influence, Vassily is Yulia's minder during her visit to the West, but even he could not foresee the consequences of her meeting Michael. When the world is accelerating towards an inevitable and catastrophic conflict, what can just four people do to prevent it? Epic in scope, The Partisan is a page-turning thrill ride that takes readers from the hallowed halls of Cambridge to the grimy depths of the Moscow underworld, from 1960s London to the Eastern Front during the Second World War.Perfect for fans of Lee Child books and Robert Harris spy novels, and chess novels and series like The Queen's Gambit." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick WorrallPublisher: Union Square & Co. Imprint: Union Square & Co. Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9781454950769ISBN 10: 1454950765 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 25 April 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsDr. Zhivago meets James Bond in British author Worrall's ambitious debut . . . . Worrall expertly weaves complex backstories and crossed narratives while vividly depicting the paranoia of everyday Soviet life, the barbarism of war, and shrewd old-fashioned spycraft. Fans of intricate Cold War-era spy thrillers will be enthralled. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Author InformationPatrick Worrall was educated in Worcestershire and King's College, Cambridge, UK. He has worked as a teacher in Eastern Europe and Asia, a newspaper journalist, a court reporter at the Old Bailey, and the head of Channel 4 News's FactCheck blog. The Partisan is his first novel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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