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An American born in Brooklyn, Robert Littell now lives in France.","products":[{"product_id":"mother-russia-paperback","title":"Mother Russia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom legendary espionage writer Robert Littell, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Amateur\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a Cold War tragicomic classic, following a common thief in Moscow who finds himself trapped in a high-stakes web of deceit.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Moscow, a city that runs on paranoia, black marketer Robespierre Pravdin survives by hustling wristwatches and employing his ample--though slightly mad--charm to escape any close calls with the authorities. His plan to stay off the state's radar is foiled when he moves in with an enigmatic woman known only as \"Mother Russia.\" She enlists his help to track down evidence that will prove an unthinkable crime: that their national hero, a writer, is a fraud, his most famous novel plagiarized. As Pravdin is drawn deeper into a conspiracy both literary and political, he becomes a pawn in a dangerous game. 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As the duo approaches retirement, some within the Company say that they are past their prime. To shift the balance of power in America's favor at the height of the Cold War, Francis and Carroll hatch a plan worthy of their former triumphs: awaken an infamous KGB assassin thought to be living in New York and trick him into implementing their master plot to assassinate the president of the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey first deceive the Potter, former head of the KGB, into revealing the identity of his most notorious student. 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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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101926035679,"sku":"9781641297684","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/RUbftQljQo9781641297684.webp?v=1781075900"},{"product_id":"bronshtein-in-the-bronx-paperback","title":"Bronshtein in the Bronx - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wry, thought-provoking fictional portrayal of ten pivotal weeks in the life of Leon Trotsky, inspired by the Russian revolutionary's exile in New York City in 1917, by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJanuary 12, 1917: An ocean liner docks in New York Harbor. Among the disembarking emigrants is one Lev Davidovich Bronshtein--better known by his nom de guerre, Leon Trotsky. Bronshtein has been on the run for a decade, driven from his beloved Russia after escaping political exile in Siberia. He lives for--and is ready to sacrifice his life for--a workers' revolution, at any cost. 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