The Prescott, Laracreatorauthor.auttextbiographyThrillers (Fiction)Biographical fiction.Thrillers (Fiction)Historical fiction.Fiction.Biographical fiction.Novels.Spy fiction.Spy stories.Historical fiction.Spy fiction.Historical fiction.Novels.Thrillers (Fiction)Biographical fiction.Fiction.nyu2020First Vintage Books edition.monographiceng

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xi, 352 pages ; 21 cmAt 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.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.Lara Prescott.n-us---Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich1890-1960FictionPasternak, Boris Leonidovich1890-1960FictionIvinskai︠a︡, Olʹga1912-1995FictionPasternak, Boris Leonidovich1890-1960Ivinskai︠a︡, Olʹga1912-1995United States.Central Intelligence AgencyOfficials and employeesFictionUnited States.Central Intelligence Agency. fast (OCoLC)fst01754978 Cold WarFictionWomen spiesFictionSecretariesFictionSmugglingFictionProhibited booksFictionFICTION / LiteraryFICTION / PoliticalFICTION / Historical / GeneralWomen spiesSmugglingSecretariesProhibited booksEmployeesWomen spiesFictionCold warFictionMan-woman relationshipFictionPublishers and publishingFictionSoviet UnionSocial life and customsFictionPS3616.R463 S43 2020813/.6Prescott, Lara.New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019First edition.(DLC) 2018053630(OCoLC)1065756349978052565615905256561549780525566106978152471165815247116592020455522DLC21070120221012151745.022110160eng