{"product_id":"9780812977097","title":"Alex Carr - The Prince of Bagram Prison","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Alex Carr. Themes include Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Literary, Mystery \u0026amp; Detective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting and intricate literary thriller from the author The New York Times Book Review says “speaks up in a voice that gets your attention like a rifle shot . . . clean, direct, and a little dangerous.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmy Intelligence reservist Kat Caldwell is teaching Arabic at a military college in Virginia when the order comes: Retired spy chief Dick Morrow needs to find a Cia informant who has slipped away from his handler in Spain and may be heading to Morocco. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJamal was a prisoner whom Kat interrogated when she worked at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan. Having gained his trust, she is now expected to discover his whereabouts on a treacherous trail that leads from Madrid’s red-light district to the slums of Casablanca. But when a British Special Forces soldier is murdered just as he is about to give testimony on the death of a Bagram detainee, Kat begins to suspect that the real story here is one of the cover-up of U.S.-sanctioned torture. And when in desperation Jamal contacts his former Cia handler, he unwittingly rekindles a bitter struggle between the one man who can save him and the one who wants him dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Alex Carr’s An Accidental American\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A swift, clean, nuanced thriller . . . deeply atmospheric.”\u003cbr\u003e–The Seattle Times, Best Crime Novels of 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Demonstrates fiction’s power to follow a shard of glass from the great explosion, to examine its bloodstained edges and explore the passion, foolishness, tragedy and flawed humanity traced by its journey toward discovery . . . In this novel, we learn how to decipher the language of war, its mismanaged intent and complex ramifications.”\u003cbr\u003e–January Magazine, Best Books of 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58530989900150,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780812977097.jpg?v=1787587933","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780812977097","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}