Heads you win / Jeffrey Archer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Archer, Jeffrey, 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--Fiction.

Immigrants.

United States.

Emigration and immigration--Fiction.

Mothers and sons--Fiction.

Soviet Union Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--Fiction.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century--Fiction.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century--Fiction.

Soviet Union--History--1953-1985--Fiction.

Local Subjects:

Emigration and immigration--Fiction.

Mothers and sons--Fiction.

Soviet Union Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--Fiction.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century--Fiction.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century--Fiction.

Soviet Union--History--1953-1985--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

437 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.

Summary:

Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin. In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander's future. During an epic tale of fate and fortune, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow his triumphs and defeats as he struggles as an immigrant to conquer his new world. As this unique story unfolds, Alexander comes to realize where his destiny lies, and accepts that he must face the past he left behind in Russia.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781250172501

1250172500

OCLC:

1028167044

Publisher Number:

99979044740