Defectors a novel

"From the bestselling author of Leaving Berlin and The Good German comes a fast-paced and richly imagined novel about an American spy, the Cold War's most notorious defector, who gave up his country for the safety--and prison--of Moscow, but never lost his gift for betrayal. In 1949, Frank Weeks, fa...

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Main Author: Kanon, Joseph (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2017.
Edition:First Atria Books hardcover edition.
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