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Lauren wilkinson books5/21/2023 ![]() But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, and a good American. In the year that follows, Marie will observe Thomas, seduce him, and ultimately, have a hand in the coup that will bring him down. AMERICAN SPY is a Cold War thriller that both embraces and transcends the spy genre telling the captivating story of Marie Mitchell, a Black FBI agent who gets recruited by the CIA for a mysterious mission in West Africa. She's brilliant and talented, but she's also a black woman working in an all-white boys' club, and her career has stalled with routine paperwork - until she's recruited to a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic, revolutionary president of Burkina Faso, whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention. Lauren Wilkinson is a first time novelist of extraordinary intelligence and talent. Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. What if your sense of duty required you to betray the man you love? 'There has never been anything like it' MARLON JAMES (GQ) ![]() 'A whole lot more than just a spy thriller, wrapping together the ties of family, of love and of country' BARACK OBAMA SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ![]()
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