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1986, the heart of the Cold War. A young black woman working in an old boys' club, Marie Mitchell's FBI career has stalled out and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. Given the opportunity to join a task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic revolutionary president of Burkina Faso whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention, she says yes. In the year that follows Marie observes Sankara, seduces him-- and has a hand in the coup that will bring him down. But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, a sister, and a good American. -- adapted from jacket.
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American Spy, Lauren Wilkinson
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- Released
- 2019
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- Title
- American Spy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lauren Wilkinson
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0812998952
- ISBN13
- 9780812998955
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Love, Thriller, Family, Women, Politics, USA, Africa, Espionage, America, Escape, Race, Racism, Spy Novels, Betrayal, Intrigues, Conspiracy, Secret Services
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- 1986, the heart of the Cold War. A young black woman working in an old boys' club, Marie Mitchell's FBI career has stalled out and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. Given the opportunity to join a task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic revolutionary president of Burkina Faso whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention, she says yes. In the year that follows Marie observes Sankara, seduces him-- and has a hand in the coup that will bring him down. But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, a sister, and a good American. -- adapted from jacket.