- Moscow (Russia), Military weapons, Intelligence officers, Gabriel Allon (Fictitious character)
The death of a journalist leads Gabriel Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn. He's playing by Moscow rules now. Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB colonel who built a global investment empire on the rubble of the Soviet Union, is an arms dealer and he is about to deliver Russia's most sophisticated weapons to al- Qaeda.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Daniel Silva
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 433
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult, G. P. Putman's Sons, G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399155017
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