{"product_id":"red-sparrow-9781476706139","title":"Red Sparrow","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the tradition of John le Carr , the bestselling, impossible-to-put-down, espionage thriller that is \"a primer in twenty-first century spying\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), written with the insider detail that only a veteran CIA operative could know--and shortlisted for an Edgar Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eState intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the cast-iron bureaucracy of post-Soviet intelligence. Drafted against her will to become a \"Sparrow,\" a trained seductress in the service, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a first-tour CIA officer who handles the CIA's most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception, and, inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America's most valuable mole in Moscow. Seeking revenge against her soulless masters, Dominika begins a fateful double life, recruited by the CIA to ferret out a high-level traitor in Washington; hunt down a Russian illegal buried deep in the US military and, against all odds, to return to Moscow as the new-generation penetration of Putin's intelligence service. Dominika and Nathaniel's impossible love affair and twisted spy game come to a deadly conclusion in the shocking climax of this electrifying, up-to-the minute spy thriller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking place in today's Russia, still ruled with an iron fist by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, \u003ci\u003eRed Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e displays author Jason Matthews's insider knowledge of espionage, counter-espionage, surveillance tradecraft, recruiting spies, interrogation, and intelligence gathering. As \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e hails, this is a \"sublime and sophisticated debut...a first-rate novel as noteworthy for its superior style as for its gripping depiction of a secretive world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476706139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Jason Matthews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36652425478300,"sku":"9781476706139","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9ea2cd46-5551-4bfc-8ddb-0ca45d353f57.jpg?v=1603879769","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/red-sparrow-9781476706139","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}