The secrets we kept / Lara Prescott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prescott, Lara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ivinskai͡a, Olʹga, 1912-1995.

Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Secretaries--Fiction.

Secretaries.

Prohibited books.

Cold War--Fiction.

Cold War.

Women spies--Fiction.

Women spies.

Smuggling--Fiction.

Smuggling.

Prohibited books--Fiction.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Fiction.

United States.

Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960. Doktor Zhivago--Fiction.

Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich.

Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960--Fiction.

Ivinskai︠a︡, Olʹga, 1912-1995--Fiction.

Ivinskai︠a︡, Olʹga.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Spy fiction.

Historical fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Biographical fiction.

Spy stories.

Physical Description:

xi, 349 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Summary:

At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world -- using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Irina is a complete novice, but under Sally's tutelage quickly learns how to blend in, make drops, and invisibly ferry classified documents. Their story is intertwined with that of the decades-long affair between Pasternak and his mistress and muse, Olga Ivinskaya, who was sent to the Gulag and inspired Zhivago's heroine, Lara.

Contents:

Prologue : the typists

East, 1949-1950. The muse

West, Fall 1956. The applicant ; The typists ; The swallow

East, 1950-1955. The rehabilitated woman ; The cloud dweller ; The emissary

West, February-Fall 1957. The carrier ; The typists

East, 1955-1956. The agent ; The emissary

West, Fall 1957-August 1958. The carrier ; The swallow ; The company man ; The swallow ; The carrier ; The typists ; The carrier

East, May 1958. The mother

West, August-September 1958. The typists ; The nun

East, September-October 1958. The prizewinner

West, October-December 1958. The informant

East, October-December 1958. The emissary

West, December 1958. The defector

East, January 1959. The postmistress

West, Summer 1959. The student

East, 1960-1961. The almost widow

Epilogue : the typists.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Schneidman Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Prescott, Lara. Secrets we kept

ISBN:

9780525656159

0525656154

OCLC:

1061867295