2/24/2023 0 Comments The secrets we kept![]() ![]() Irina is a complete novice, and under Sally’s tutelage quickly learns how to blend in, make drops, and invisibly ferry classified documents. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world–using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak’s magnum opus make its way into print around the world. I predict that The Secrets We Kept will be one of the most important books of 2020.' - James Magnuson You may also be interested in.Official Synopsis from Goodreads: A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice-inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago.Īt the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. How does one even begin to talk about this book? It's all here-the KGB versus the CIA, the sexual office politics of Mad Men, a horrifying new look at the gulag, the tragic love affair between Boris Pasternak and his mistress, a brilliantly-drawn portrait of a time when a single book had the power to change history. I barely stirred from my chair for two days. 'I was riveted by Lara Prescott's new novel. An intriguing and little-known chapter of literary history is brought to life with brio.' - Kirkus 'Well-researched and cleverly constructed. Lara Prescott is the real deal, and the evidence is right here on every page.' - Ben Fountain ![]() This marvelous novel reads like the work of a mid-career master what a wonderful surprise, then, to realize it's the opening salvo from a supremely gifted debut novelist. 'As lively and vivid a novel as even the most demanding reader could wish for: epic in scope, deliciously meaty with its wide array of characters and milieux, and utterly convincing in its treatment of Cold War espionage and intrigue. This is a riveting novel about a riveting novel, a love story to love stories.' - Elizabeth McCracken 'How does Lara Prescott manage to do so much in one book? The Secrets We Kept is stylish, thrilling, smart, vivid, at once intimate and sweeping, dreamlike and true-to-life, with an unforgettable cast and story. And it's made me want to re-read Doctor Zhivago! I absolutely loved it!' - Sarah Winman, author of Tin Man Thrilling, seductive and thoroughly compelling - Lara has created something really special. 'What a fantastic novel The Secrets We Kept is. Publisher: Cornerstone ISBN: 9781786090744 Number of pages: 480 Weight: 330 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Lara Prescott's dazzling first novel about the women in the CIA's typing pool and the fate of Boris Pasternak's banned masterpiece is a sweeping page turner and the most hotly anticipated debut of the year. ![]() But they cannot fail - as this book has the power to change history. There are people willing to die for this book - and agents willing to kill for it. Two typists - the charming, experienced Sally and the talented novice Irina - are charged with the mission of a lifetime: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago back into Russia by any means necessary. Their agents are not the usual spies, however. The CIA plans to use the book to tip the Cold War in its favour. ![]() But in the rest of the world it's fast becoming a sensation. The Soviets, afraid of its subversive power, ban it. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor Zhivago, which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union. ![]()
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