Based on a true story, the exciting tale of Andrei Aarons chronicles the adventures of a quiet bookseller who spies for the Russians for forty years and simultaneously serves as an advisor to six American presidents. 20,000 first printing.
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From Publishers Weekly
Ostensibly based on fact, this disappointing story traces the Russian-born Jew, Andrei Aarons, through his nearly four decades gathering intelligence for both the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. Originally a Soviet agent in Paris in 1930, Aarons is encouraged by his Soviet handler to move to the States in 1938, where he sets up an espionage network from his New York City book store. Increasingly disaffected with the Communist Party and increasingly concerned about the possibility of war between the two superpowers, Aarons meets secretly with Truman, Eisenhower and JFK, serving as their window on to the Kremlin. After a warning from a Soviet friend in Moscow in the mid-1960s, he folds his network and leaves for Israel, coming out after 30 years of retirement for a farewell briefing with Bush on the breakup of the Communist system. Veteran author ( A Time Without Mirrors ) and WW II British Intelligence agent Allbeury has written a surprisingly lackluster book. The details of Aarons's spying is sketchy; the backdrops (except for the brief stint in wartime France) are flat; and the characters, led by the lugubrious protagonist, are uniformly cardboard. Allbeury's New York geography is off (e.g., confusing the old and new Madison Square Gardens), historical details are often wrong (Truman was never in Ike's White House) and the Yanks talk funny ("I shan't ask you").
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Allbeury's latest espionage thriller is a well-written and suspenseful tale based on the real-life story of a man who successfully spied for the Soviet Union for 40 years while living quietly in New York as a bookseller. Andrei Aarons has a dream of peace for all humankind, of "trying to create a world where everybody gets a fair deal." He is a reluctant spy. He is also a double agent, advising U.S. presidents on Moscow's policies and politics in order to help preserve "peace" during the Cold War years. It is through his exposure to both governments that Aarons becomes painfully aware of the treachery and deceit in Moscow and the inconsistencies of U.S. democracy. Using his vast store of knowledge, he buys his freedom. With his wife, Tania, he flees his double life to live in Israel, where he finally finds a peace within himself. Allbeury ( A Time Without Shadows , LJ 1/91) depicts well-developed characters. Highly recommended for public libraries.
- Stacie Browne Chandler, Plym outh P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Stacie Browne Chandler, Plym outh P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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