{"product_id":"9780753826348","title":"Dark Star","description":"Author: Alan Furst\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780753826348\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2009\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndre Szara, survivor of the Polish pogroms and the Russian civil wars, is a journalist working for Pravda in 1937. War in Europe is already underway and Szara is co-opted to join the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence agency. He does his best to survive the tango of pre-war politics by calmly obeying orders and keeping his nose clean. But when he is sent to retrieve a battered briefcase the plot thickens and is drawn into even more complex intrigues.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSzara becomes a full-time spymaster and as deputy director of a Paris network, he finds his own star rising when he recruits an agent in Berlin who can supply crucial information.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDARK STAR captures not only the intrigue and danger of clandestine life but the day-to-day reality of what Soviet operatives call special work.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46463708102814,"sku":"ADS-9780753826348","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780753826348.jpg?v=1769924609","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780753826348","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}