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The Good Assassin opens up Hemingways Cuba. Possessing Alan Fursts attention for period detail and the deft character touches of John Le Carré, Vidich has quickly carved out a place for himself among the very first rank of espionage writers. Its a masterful effort and the authors best work to date. Michael Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of The Chicago Way
The Good Assassin is first-rate literary espionage Author Paul Vidich has evoked not only the intrigue and brutality of Batistas Cuba, but the island itself a masterful work of noir fiction. Susan Isaacs, New York Times bestselling author of A Hint of Strangeness
Paul Vidich follows up his acclaimed debut spy thriller An Honorable Man with a keen historical adventure from the best noir tradition (Elizabeth Kostova, #1 New York Times bestselling author) set in 1950s Cuba, as foreign powers compete to influence the outcome of a revolution.
Former CIA Agent George Mueller arrives in Havana in August 1958, during the last months of dictator Fulgencio Batistas reign, to look into the activities of Toby Grahaman in-country CIA officer suspected of harboring sympathies for the rebels fighting the unpopular Batista regime. Specifically, Muellers old friend Graham may be putting weapons into the hands of Castros forces, in bold defiance of the United States arms embargo on the island.
But when Mueller uncovers a world of deceit as the FBI, CIA, and State Department compete to influence the outcome of the revolution in the face of the brutal dictatorships imminent collapse, he realizes that nothing and no one is what they seem.
This is a powerful story of ideals, passions, betrayals, and corrupting political rivalries in the months before Castros march into Havana on New Years Day, 1959. As New York Times bestselling author Michael Harvey raves, ��Its a masterful effort and the authors best work to date.
Genre: Historical
The Good Assassin is first-rate literary espionage Author Paul Vidich has evoked not only the intrigue and brutality of Batistas Cuba, but the island itself a masterful work of noir fiction. Susan Isaacs, New York Times bestselling author of A Hint of Strangeness
Paul Vidich follows up his acclaimed debut spy thriller An Honorable Man with a keen historical adventure from the best noir tradition (Elizabeth Kostova, #1 New York Times bestselling author) set in 1950s Cuba, as foreign powers compete to influence the outcome of a revolution.
Former CIA Agent George Mueller arrives in Havana in August 1958, during the last months of dictator Fulgencio Batistas reign, to look into the activities of Toby Grahaman in-country CIA officer suspected of harboring sympathies for the rebels fighting the unpopular Batista regime. Specifically, Muellers old friend Graham may be putting weapons into the hands of Castros forces, in bold defiance of the United States arms embargo on the island.
But when Mueller uncovers a world of deceit as the FBI, CIA, and State Department compete to influence the outcome of the revolution in the face of the brutal dictatorships imminent collapse, he realizes that nothing and no one is what they seem.
This is a powerful story of ideals, passions, betrayals, and corrupting political rivalries in the months before Castros march into Havana on New Years Day, 1959. As New York Times bestselling author Michael Harvey raves, ��Its a masterful effort and the authors best work to date.
Genre: Historical
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