{"product_id":"the-visiting-professor-9781641297684","title":"The Visiting Professor","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom legendary espionage writer Robert Littell, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Amateur\u003c\/i\u003e, a character-driven post-Cold War romp following an ex-Soviet professor turned amateur detective who finds himself in upstate New York investigating the mysterious and sudden death of a colleague.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLemuel Falk, a theoretical \"chaoticist,\" has been denied permission to leave Russia for the last twenty-three years--likely because he knows a few state secrets. He is shocked when his twenty-fourth request is approved and he is offered a position as visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Chaos-Related Studies in upstate New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs soon as Professor Falk arrives in America, a fellow professor dies under mysterious circumstances. When he agrees to assist in the investigation at the behest of local police, he is plunged into a new kind of chaos: a high-stakes academic catfight, an affair with a much younger woman, and cascading offers from domestic spies looking to capitalize on his knowledge--all while the ghosts from his past in Russia return to haunt him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wholly original novel from a master of intrigue, \u003ci\u003eThe Visiting Professor \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of chaos theory, the limits of rationality, and the ironies of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641297684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Robert Littell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52284253896885,"sku":"9781641297684","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3918308d-7e03-45dc-acfb-e04104d91a3a.jpg?v=1771990378","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-visiting-professor-9781641297684","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}