{"product_id":"book-3924","title":"The Secret Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly one morning in West Berlin, a nervous courier delivers the handwritten manuscript of a dissident Russian novel to Paul Christopher. Minutes after the handoff, the courier's spine is neatly snapped by an impact with a passing black sedan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, in Rome, Christopher's wife Cathy takes a famous film director as a lover to stir her husband out of the stoicism that defines his personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two seemingly discreet events set in motion a spiral of operational and personal intrigue, leading Christopher from the caf├®s of old Europe to the front lines of the Cold War in the Congo. As he secretly arranges the publication of a novel that could bring the Soviet system to its knees, he races to identify the leak that compromised his messenger-and possibly the entire mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince his reemergence with the publication of\u003cem\u003eOld Boys\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles McCarry has been once again heralded as one of the select few espionage novelists who manages to break out of his genre to shine as a brilliant novelist in his own right.\u003cem\u003eThe Secret Lovers\u003c\/em\u003eis McCarry at his best: an exploration of the epic scope of \"the great game,\" but also a riveting psychological portrait of a man ensnared by a profession that never failed to exert its insidious influence outside the professional boundaries-and that, like the facade of diplomacy that outwardly held the Cold War in check, could never contain its violent essence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49313980580144,"sku":"BD3924","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49313980645680,"sku":"ZE3924","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49313980711216,"sku":"ZM3924","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/3924-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775570319","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-3924","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}