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Something very strange -- and sinister -- is going on in the Russian woods at Borodino. In a place called Mrs. Ivanova's Charm School, young KGB agents are being taught by American POW's how to be model citizens of the USA. The Soviet goal -- to infiltrate the United States undetected. When an unsuspecting American tourist stumbles upon this secret, he sets in motion a CIA investigation that will reveal horrifying police state savagery and superpower treachery.
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Classical in form, grave, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Nelson DeMille
- First published
- February 1, 2000
- Pages
- 704
- Publisher
- Ullstein Tb, Random House Audio, Sifriyat Maʻariv
- Editions
- 30
- Language
- heb, English
- ISBN
- 9781306754491
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“Whenever you are unhappy, go to Russia.”
Nelson DeMille was the author of twenty-four novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His novels include ***The Maze***, ***The Cuban Affair***, ***Word of Honor***, ***Plum Island***, ***The Charm School***, ***The Gold Coast***, and ***The General's Daughter***, which was made into a major motion picture starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. With his son <a href="https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL8177507A" target="_blank">Alex DeMille</a>, he cowrote ***The Deserter***, ***Blood Lines***, and ***The Tin Men***. Nelson DeMille was a combat-decorated U.S. Army veteran; a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild; and a past president of the Mystery Write
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