{"product_id":"book-1yla","title":"The Visiting Professor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom legendary espionage writer Robert Littell, bestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Amateur\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a character-driven post-Cold War romp following an ex-Soviet professor turned amateur detective who finds himself in upstate New York, investigating the mysterious and sudden death of a colleague.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lemuel Falk, a theoretical \"chaoticist,\" has been denied permission to leave Russia for the last twenty-three years—likely because he knows a few state secrets. He is shocked when his twenty-fourth request is approved and he is offered a position as visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Chaos-Related Studies in upstate New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As soon as Professor Falk arrives in America, a fellow professor dies under mysterious circumstances. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A wholly original novel from a master of intrigue, \u003ci\u003eThe Visiting Professor\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of chaos theory, the limits of rationality, and the ironies of America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":67379551437104,"sku":"ZE1yla","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":67379551469872,"sku":"ZM1yla","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook [BD]","offer_id":67379551502640,"sku":"BD1yla","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1yla","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}