{"product_id":"the-manager-a-tale-of-the-cold-war-paperback","title":"The Manager: A Tale of the Cold War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpies in the Adirondacks. Lake Placid, 1982. Backcountry editor Walter Loving picks up a top-coated hitchhiker in the snow outside the Casa del Sol restaurant two years after the Soviet loss to the U.S. in the \"Miracle on Ice\" Winter Olympic hockey game. The hitchhiker tells Walter he is the \"manager\" of a visiting Red Army B-team, whose players have kicked him out of the van.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the manager is really a spy obsessed with restoring Soviet dominance in ice sports. His lover is a spectacular Olympic figure skater fond of quoting the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Together they invade and complicate Walter's life in ways that test his reserves of courage and resourcefulness, with far reaching effects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Manager isn't a typical spy novel, though lines are crossed at great risk and the stakes are high. The narrative moves rapidly to Montreal, Siberia, Sarajevo, and back again to the Adirondacks. Supporting characters include environmental activists, woodsmen, and a wisecracking journalist, Sally, who is one of Walter's former girlfriends. Satirical, irreverent, earthy, The Manager is above all a novel of the Adirondacks, a novel of relationships, and of love and its varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45522403459207,"sku":"9781977276247","price":29.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0jTZpwRFsw9781977276247.webp?v=1786449024","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-manager-a-tale-of-the-cold-war-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}