{"product_id":"terminal-spy-book-alan-s-cowell-9780385523554","title":"The Terminal Spy","description":"A story that is at once real-life thriller and an immensely sinister cautionary tale about the new Russia. -\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London's Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian  migr  and former intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and within days was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAlan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination- and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Absorbing. -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCowell plays out the Byzantine possibilities behind this killing with heroic clarity. -\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoggedly reported and dramatically written . . . Cowell tells the story with literary panache but doesn't let his stylish prose eclipse the substance of a sordid tale. The sections about espionage and the assassination are worthy of Tom Clancy, but the author's political analysis is equally riveting . . . A well-told true-crime tale mixed with expert political\/historical analysis. \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49521707319569,"sku":"GOR003237204","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50448247619857,"sku":"CIN0385523556VG","price":6.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51333996675345,"sku":"CIN0385523556G","price":6.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385523556.jpg?v=1751447802","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/terminal-spy-book-alan-s-cowell-9780385523554","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}