Overview
āThere has never been anything like it.āāMarlon James,Ā GQ
āSo much fun . . . Like the best of John le CarrĆ©, itās extremely tough to put down.āāNPR
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNEĀ AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ā¢Ā Time ā¢ NPR ā¢ Entertainment Weekly ā¢Ā Esquire ā¢ VultureĀ ā¢ Real Simple ā¢Ā Good Housekeeping ā¢ The New York Public Library
What if your sense of duty required you to betray the man you love?Ā
Itās 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. Sheās brilliant, but sheās also a young black woman working in an old boysā club. Her career has stalled out, sheās overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when sheās given the opportunity to join 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, she says yes. Yes, even though she secretly admires the work Sankara is doing for his country. Yes, even though she is still grieving the mysterious death of her sister, whose example led Marie to this career path in the first place. Yes, even though a furious part of her suspects sheās being offered the job because of her appearance and not her talent.
In the year that follows, Marie will observe Sankara, seduce him, and ultimately have a hand in the coup that will bring him down. But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, a sister, and a good American.
Inspired by true eventsāThomas Sankara is known as āAfricaās Che GuevaraāāAmerican Spy knits together a gripping spy thriller, a heartbreaking family drama, and a passionate romance. This is a face of the Cold War youāve never seen before, and it introduces a powerful new literary voice.
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
āSpy fiction plus allegory, and a splash of pan-Africanism. What could go wrong? As it happens, very little.Ā Clever, bracing, darkly funny, and really, really good.āāTa-Nehisi Coates
āInspired by real events, this espionage thriller ticks all the right boxes, delivering a sexually charged interrogation of both politics and race.āāEsquire
āEchoing the stoic cynicism of Hurston and Ellison, and the verve of Conan Doyle, American Spy lays our complicitiesāpolitical, racial, and sexualābare. Packed with unforgettable characters, itās a stunning book, timely as it is timeless.āāPaul Beatty, Man Booker Prizewinning author ofĀ The Sellout
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