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ISBN-101476706123
ISBN-139781476706122
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Book TitleRed Sparrow : a Novel
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicThrillers / Espionage, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Political, Media Tie-In
Publication Year2013
GenreFiction
AuthorJason Matthews
Book SeriesThe Red Sparrow Trilogy Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-031933
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsJason Matthews, who became an authority on the Kremlin during his 33 years as a CIA operations officer, has written an espionage novel, Red Sparrow, in which Putin makes a cameo -- read it and you too may conclude that no one on the planet knows the Russian president better. You too may also conclude that Red Sparrow is the best espionage novel you've ever read., A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you. , A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you., Not since the good old days ofthe Cold War has a classic spy thriller like RED SPARROW come along. JasonMatthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and itshows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, doubleagents and double crosses. What more can any reader want?, Matthews' first novel, a globe-trotting spy thriller, features enough action to satisfy even the most demanding of adrenaline junkies…The author's CIA background and the smart dialogue make this an entertaining tale for spy-novel enthusiasts., Fans of the genre's masters including John Le Carre and Ian Fleming will happily embrace Matthews' central spy., A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. Hes an insiders insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you., eoeA great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. Hee(tm)s an insidere(tm)s insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you.e, Veteran CIA operative-turned-novelist Matthews keeps the trouble popping in Red Sparrow , but relentless drama is just one of the high points of this sublime and sophisticated debut... Red Sparrow isn't just a fast-paced thriller - it's a first-rate novel as noteworthy for its superior style as for its gripping depiction of a secretive world . While many former CIA agents and MI6 operatives have turned to writing fiction in retirement, Matthews joins a select few who seem as strong at their second careers as at their first., Matthews' first novel, a globe-trotting spy thriller,features enough action to satisfy even the most demanding of adrenaline junkies…Theauthor's CIA background and the smart dialogue make this an entertaining talefor spy-novel enthusiasts., I read till eleven and woke up at five a.m. to finish this book. If it doesn't supplant The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the next mammoth read, ad if it doesn't take its place alongside le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , the love of literature and jaw-dropping thrills really is dead. I learned more about the former Soviets and the new Russians, and about our US of A, than I ever gleaned from the hardest-working journalists today. Halfway through, I was afraid Vladimir Putin would find out I was reading Red Sparrow and have me arrested. I have not read a more exciting, gripping novel in a long time., Many spy novelists, including Ian Fleming and John le Carré, actually worked as intelligence agents. Add to that list Jason Matthews, whose 33 years as a CIA field operative enriches his first novel with startling verisimilitude...That sense of authenticity, along with vividly drawn characters, much detail about tradecraft, and an appropriately convoluted plot make this a compelling and propulsive tale of spy-versus-spy...Red Sparrow is greater than the sum of its fine parts. Espionage aficionados will love this one., I read till eleven and woke up at five a.m. to finish this book. If it doesnt supplant The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the next mammoth read, ad if it doesnt take its place alongside le Carrs The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , the love of literature and jaw-dropping thrills really is dead. I learned more about the former Soviets and the new Russians, and about our US of A, than I ever gleaned from the hardest-working journalists today. Halfway through, I was afraid Vladimir Putin would find out I was reading Red Sparrow and have me arrested. I have not read a more exciting, gripping novel in a long time., The author, a veteran CIA field agent, liberally salts his thriller with realistic tradecraft, horrific villainy, and stunning plot twists as the opponents vie for controlAn intense descent into a vortex of carnal passion, career brutality, and smart tradecraft, this thriller evokes the great Cold War era of espionageReaders of bloodthirsty spy and suspense will welcome this debut from a writer who supersizes his spies., Matthews first novel, a globe-trotting spy thriller, features enough action to satisfy even the most demanding of adrenaline junkiesThe authors CIA background and the smart dialogue make this an entertaining tale for spy-novel enthusiasts., Matthewss exceptional first novel will please fans of classic spy fictionThe authors 33-year career in the CIA allows him to showcase all the tradecraft and authenticity that readers in this genre demand[a] complex, high-stakes plot., eoeMatthewse(tm) first novel, a globe-trotting spy thriller, features enough action to satisfy even the most demanding of adrenaline junkieseThe authore(tm)s CIA background and the smart dialogue make this an entertaining tale for spy-novel enthusiasts.e, Matthews's exceptional first novel will please fans of classic spy fiction…The author's 33-year career in the CIA allows him to showcase all the tradecraft and authenticity that readers in this genre demand…[a] complex, high-stakes plot., A primer in 21st-century spying. Matthews' former foes in Moscow will be choking on their blinis when they read how much has been revealed about their tradecraft...terrifically good., The author, a veteran CIA field agent, liberally salts his thriller with realistic tradecraft, horrific villainy, and stunning plot twists as the opponents vie for control…An intense descent into a vortex of carnal passion, career brutality, and smart tradecraft, this thriller evokes the great Cold War era of espionage…Readers of bloodthirsty spy and suspense will welcome this debut from a writer who supersizes his spies., eoeThe author, a veteran CIA field agent, liberally salts his thriller with realistic tradecraft, horrific villainy, and stunning plot twists as the opponents vie for controleAn intense descent into a vortex of carnal passion, career brutality, and smart tradecraft, this thriller evokes the great Cold War era of espionageeReaders of bloodthirsty spy and suspense will welcome this debut from a writer who supersizes his spies.e, Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like RED SPARROW come along.Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page.High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want?, I read till eleven and woke up at five a.m. to finish this book. If it doesn't supplant The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the next mammoth read, ad if it doesn't take its place alongside le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , the love of literature and jaw-dropping thrills really is dead. I learned more about the former Soviets and the new Russians, and about our US of A, than I ever gleaned from the hardest-working journalists today. Halfway through, I was afraid Vladimir Putin would find out I was reading Red Sparrow and have me arrested. I have not read a more exciting, gripping novel in a long time., I read till eleven and woke up at five a.m. to finish this book. If it doesn't supplant The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the next mammoth read, ad if it doesn't take its place alongside le Carr's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , the love of literature and jaw-dropping thrills really is dead. I learned more about the former Soviets and the new Russians, and about our US of A, than I ever gleaned from the hardest-working journalists today. Halfway through, I was afraid Vladimir Putin would find out I was reading Red Sparrow and have me arrested. I have not read a more exciting, gripping novel in a long time., Matthews's exceptional first novel will please fans of classic spy fiction...The author's 33-year career in the CIA allows him to showcase all the tradecraft and authenticity that readers in this genre demand...[a] complex, high-stakes plot., Matthews's exceptional first novel will please fans ofclassic spy fiction…The author's 33-year career in the CIA allows him toshowcase all the tradecraft and authenticity that readers in this genredemand…[a] complex, high-stakes plot., eoeI read till eleven and woke up at five a.m. to finish this book. If it doesne(tm)t supplant The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the next mammoth read, ad if it doesne(tm)t take its place alongside le Carre(tm)s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , the love of literature and jaw-dropping thrills really is dead. I learned more about the former Soviets and the new Russians, and about our US of A, than I ever gleaned from the hardest-working journalists today. Halfway through, I was afraid Vladimir Putin would find out I was reading Red Sparrow and have me arrested. I have not read a more exciting, gripping novel in a long time.e, Matthews' first novel, a globe-trotting spy thriller, features enough action to satisfy even the most demanding of adrenaline junkies...The author's CIA background and the smart dialogue make this an entertaining tale for spy-novel enthusiasts., The author, a veteran CIA field agent, liberally salts his thriller with realistic tradecraft, horrific villainy, and stunning plot twists as the opponents vie for control...An intense descent into a vortex of carnal passion, career brutality, and smart tradecraft, this thriller evokes the great Cold War era of espionage...Readers of bloodthirsty spy and suspense will welcome this debut from a writer who supersizes his spies., "I read till 11 and woke up at 5 am to finish this book in three days. If it doesn't supplant The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the next mammoth read, and if it doesn't take its place alongside le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , the love of literature and jaw-dropping thrills really is dead. When I finished the book the day was just dawning, as it always is in this novel, only in the novel the fated characters, sopping with melancholy, romance, venom, and belly-aching humor (this book can be laugh out loud funny), are usually eating well and wondering when it'll be lights out for them. Jason Matthews has "reported" this book for 30 years, working it all out in the "real world," and one wonders who he is, mostly: the young, "naive" Nate Nash; the knock-out, petulant heroine Dominika, whom Quentin Tarantino and Doctor Zhivago both might've loved; or the Gus Grissom-like Gable, who dispenses life-lessons to the young Nate-a muscled hen clucking and stirring a bubbling sauce over a stove. There is not a false note in the amazing ventriloquisms that are the conjurer's art we call literature. There are sentences as exciting to read as Eliot's "The Wasteland" (cf. the description of a moist, pale toadie scuttling along a hall-spooky, this is an image I cannot get rid of); or the majestic, floor-board creaking opening of Cormac McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses . The granular sweep of the authorial vision is a telescope still warm from Tolstoy's hands. There's a scene in here better by ten than Bogart looking down at Ingrid. I learned more about the former Soviets and the new Russians, and our U.S. of A., than I ever gleaned from the hardest working journalists writing today. Halfway through, I was afraid Putin would find out I was reading Red Sparrow and have me arrested. I have not read a more exciting, gripping novel in a long time.", eoeMatthewse(tm)s exceptional first novel will please fans of classic spy fictioneThe authore(tm)s 33-year career in the CIA allows him to showcase all the tradecraft and authenticity that readers in this genre demande[a] complex, high-stakes plot.e, Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like RED SPARROW come along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want?, Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like RED SPARROW come along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want?
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal813/.6
SynopsisNow a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton "A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, but Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. And he is also a masterful storyteller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you." --Vince Flynn In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le Carr ...comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer. In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a "Sparrow," a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency's most important Russian mole. As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, and--inevitably--forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate's game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC. Page by page, veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews's Red Sparrow delights, terrifies and fascinates, all while delivering an unforgettable cast, from a sadistic Spetsnaz "mechanic" who carries out Putin's murderous schemes to the weary CIA Station Chief who resists Washington "cake-eaters". Packed with insider detail, this novel brims with Matthews's life experience of espionage, counterintelligence, spy recruitment, and cyber-warfare. Brilliantly composed, Red Sparrow is a masterful spy tale. Authentic, tense, and entertaining, this novel introduces Jason Matthews as a major new American talent., Now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton! "A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, but Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. And he is also a masterful storyteller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you." --Vince Flynn In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le Carré...comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer. In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a "Sparrow," a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency's most important Russian mole. As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, and--inevitably--forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate's game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC. Page by page, veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews's Red Sparrow delights, terrifies and fascinates, all while delivering an unforgettable cast, from a sadistic Spetsnaz "mechanic" who carries out Putin's murderous schemes to the weary CIA Station Chief who resists Washington "cake-eaters". Packed with insider detail, this novel brims with Matthews's life experience of espionage, counterintelligence, spy recruitment, and cyber-warfare. Brilliantly composed, Red Sparrow is a masterful spy tale. Authentic, tense, and entertaining, this novel introduces Jason Matthews as a major new American talent.
LC Classification NumberPS3613.A8484R43 2013
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- 30. Jul. 2020
Be prepared to stay up late turning pages
Very well written. Intrigue. Plot twists. Compelling characters. A real page turner. Read the book before seeing the movie. Or just read the book and skip the movie. Loved the book. Movie so-so at best.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 14. Sep. 2021
Red Sparrow
Great story. Well written Very intriguing story inside the spy genreBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 27. Jul. 2021
Red Sparrow; cannot put it down
Exciting fun book. Like DeMille and Flynn, but much better.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 04. Apr. 2019
OK
interesting plot, although story line jumps aroundBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
