The English Teacher
Yiftach Reicher Atir$15.30
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Soon to be the major motion picture The Operative, starring Martin Freeman and Diane Kruger. For readers of John Le Carr and viewers of Homeland, a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli army One of The Washington Post's 10 Best mystery books and thrillers of 2016
After attending her father's funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure out why she abandoned Mossad before she can do any damage to Israel. But he soon discovers that after living under cover for so long, an agent's assumed identity and her real one can blur, catching loyalty, love, and truth between them. In the midst of a high-risk, high-stakes investigation, Ehud begins to question whether he ever knew his agent at all. In The English Teacher, Yiftach R. Atir drew on his own experience in intelligence to weave a psychologically nuanced thriller that explores the pressures of living under an assumed identity for months at a time.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 08/30/2016
ISBN: 9780143129189
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016
Publishers Weekly 06/20/2016
Booklist 07/01/2016 pg. 35
Shelf Awareness 08/30/2016
Library Journal 11/15/2016 pg. 80
After attending her father's funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure out why she abandoned Mossad before she can do any damage to Israel. But he soon discovers that after living under cover for so long, an agent's assumed identity and her real one can blur, catching loyalty, love, and truth between them. In the midst of a high-risk, high-stakes investigation, Ehud begins to question whether he ever knew his agent at all. In The English Teacher, Yiftach R. Atir drew on his own experience in intelligence to weave a psychologically nuanced thriller that explores the pressures of living under an assumed identity for months at a time.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 08/30/2016
ISBN: 9780143129189
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016
Publishers Weekly 06/20/2016
Booklist 07/01/2016 pg. 35
Shelf Awareness 08/30/2016
Library Journal 11/15/2016 pg. 80