{"product_id":"9781596915916","title":"An Ordinary Spy : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn Ordinary Spy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Joseph Weisberg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book is surely the best portrait of the working C.I.A. we have had in many years.\" —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe most riveting and inventive spy novel to come along in years, published as vetted by the CIA itself, \u003ci\u003eAn Ordinary Spy \u003c\/i\u003eis a dramatic portrait of modern espionage, filled with suspense, intrigue, and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wholly original.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Weisberg, a former C.I.A. agent, skillfully maintains a tension-filled plot and offers a humanistic spin on the typical spy story, sensitively portraying the pain of risking lives for the sake of ambition.” —\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a spare but beautifully written book, Weisberg captures the paranoia and frustration, if not the futility, of the real world of spying.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best of new American spy fiction.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Recalls G raham G reene's comic \u003ci\u003eOur Man in Havana\u003c\/i\u003e…An odd, well-written and interesting novel, a low-key corrective to all the razzle-dazzle spy tales we've read.” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A superb CIA novel.” —\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A well-wrought, beautifully crafted, incisive book…a remarkably honest and revealing picture of those who shouldn't have become spies in the first place. ” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781596915916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40652311920846,"sku":"9781596915916","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c8329122-f247-495e-b116-a4f615effd7a.jpg?v=1639276501","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781596915916","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}