{"product_id":"36-yalta-boulevard-paperback","title":"36 Yalta Boulevard - 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\u003eOlen Steinhauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Tourist...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlen Steinhauer's first two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge of Sighs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Confession, \u003c\/i\u003e launched an acclaimed literary crime series set in post--World War II Eastern Europe. Now he takes his dynamic cast of characters into the shadowy political climate of the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003eState Security Officer Brano Sev's job is to do what his superiors ask, no matter what. Even if that means leaving his post to work the assembly line in a factory, fitting electrical wires into gauges. So when he gets a directive from his old bosses---the intimidating men above him at the Ministry of State Security, collectively known for the address of their headquarters on Yalta Boulevard, a windowless building consisting of blind offices and dark cells---he follows orders. \u003cbr\u003eThis time he is to resume his job in State Security and travel to the village of his birth in order to interrogate a potential defector. But when a villager turns up dead shortly after he arrives, Brano is framed for the murder. Again trusting his superiors, he assumes this is part of their plan and allows it to run its course, a decision that leads him into exile in Vienna, where he finally begins to ask questions.\u003cbr\u003eThe answers in \u003ci\u003e36 Yalta Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Olen Steinhauer's tour-de-force political thriller, teach Comrade Brano Sev that loyalty to the cause might be the biggest crime of all.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Steinhauer's] people are real, the crimes genuine, and he is telling larger truths about that era, making it unusually accessible.\"\u003cbr\u003e---David Halberstam, \u003ci\u003eLA Times \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003e36 Yalta Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlen Steinhauer's first two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge of Sighs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Confession, \u003c\/i\u003e launched an acclaimed literary crime series set in post--World War II Eastern Europe. Now he takes his dynamic cast of characters into the shadowy political climate of the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003eState Security Officer Brano Sev's job is to do what his superiors ask, no matter what. Even if that means leaving his post to work the assembly line in a factory, fitting electrical wires into gauges. So when he gets a directive from his old bosses---the intimidating men above him at the Ministry of State Security, collectively known for the address of their headquarters on Yalta Boulevard, a windowless building consisting of blind offices and dark cells---he follows orders. \u003cbr\u003eThis time he is to resume his job in State Security and travel to the village of his birth in order to interrogate a potential defector. But when a villager turns up dead shortly after he arrives, Brano is framed for the murder. Again trusting his superiors, he assumes this is part of their plan and allows it to run its course, a decision that leads him into exile in Vienna, where he finally begins to ask questions.\u003cbr\u003eThe answers in \u003ci\u003e36 Yalta Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Olen Steinhauer's tour-de-force political thriller, teach Comrade Brano Sev that loyalty to the cause might be the biggest crime of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Steinhauer's] people are real, the crimes genuine, and he is telling larger truths about that era, making it unusually accessible.\u003cbr\u003e---David Halberstam, \u003ci\u003eLA Times \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003e36 Yalta Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlen Steinhauer's first two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge of Sighs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Confession, \u003c\/i\u003e launched an acclaimed literary crime series set in post--World War II Eastern Europe. Now he takes his dynamic cast of characters into the shadowy political climate of the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003eState Security Officer Brano Sev's job is to do what his superiors ask, no matter what. Even if that means leaving his post to work the assembly line in a factory, fitting electrical wires into gauges. So when he gets a directive from his old bosses---the intimidating men above him at the Ministry of State Security, collectively known for the address of their headquarters on Yalta Boulevard, a windowless building consisting of blind offices and dark cells---he follows orders. \u003cbr\u003eThis time he is to resume his job in State Security and travel to the village of his birth in order to interrogate a potential defector. But when a villager turns up dead shortly after he arrives, Brano is framed for the murder. Again trusting his superiors, he assumes this is part of their plan and allows it to run its course, a decision that leads him into exile in Vienna, where he finally begins to ask questions.\u003cbr\u003eThe answers in \u003ci\u003e36 Yalta Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Olen Steinhauer's tour-de-force political thriller, teach Comrade Brano Sev that loyalty to the cause might be the biggest crime of all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOLEN STEINHAUER, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of ten previous novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Tourist\u003c\/i\u003e, is a Dashiell Hammett Award winner, a two-time Edgar award finalist, and has also been shortlisted for the Anthony, the Macavity, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and the Barry awards. Raised in Virginia, he lives in New York and Budapest, Hungary. Visit OlenSteinhauer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227303756025,"sku":"9780312332037","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZHl2Y1lEK0NQWGFkWUQzOURXWlpKUT09.webp?v=1768279357","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/36-yalta-boulevard-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}