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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Bantam Dell Pub Group
Publication date
October 1, 1991
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553076325
ISBN-10
0553076329
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.25 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$21.50
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In Moscow as a low-level diplomat, Ben Bassett meets an independent poet named Aida Zavaskaya, and they enter into a passionate love affair and become caught in a plan to return the U.S. and U.S.S.R. to the cold war days. 30,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Bantam Dell Pub Group (October 1, 1991); titled "Agent in Place"
9780553076325 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $21.50
About: When the shadowy organization in Washington known as Intelligence Support Activity sends operative Ben Bassett first to Prague, then to Moscow, a series of plots and counterplots is set in motion that leads to the clandestine heart of the Soviet system itself
About: When the shadowy organization in Washington known as Intelligence Support Activity sends operative Ben Bassett first to Prague, then to Moscow, a series of plots and counterplots is set in motion that leads to the clandestine heart of the Soviet system itself
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (June 1, 2005)
9780143035640 | details & prices | 302 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Dispatched to Moscow, agent Ben Bassett falls under the spell of Aïda Zabaskaya, a passionate Russian poet, and becomes caught up in a plot by Soviet hardliners who, despite the end of the Cold War, are determined to turn back the clock.
About: Dispatched to Moscow, agent Ben Bassett falls under the spell of Aïda Zabaskaya, a passionate Russian poet, and becomes caught up in a plot by Soviet hardliners who, despite the end of the Cold War, are determined to turn back the clock.
Reprint edition from Bantam Books (October 1, 1992)
9780553299656 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $5.99
This edition also contains Pure Style (Patons)
About: Dispatched to Moscow, agent Ben Bassett falls under the spell of a Russian poet and becomes caught up in a plot by Soviet hardliners who, despite the end of the Cold War, are determined to turn back the clock.
This edition also contains Pure Style (Patons)
About: Dispatched to Moscow, agent Ben Bassett falls under the spell of a Russian poet and becomes caught up in a plot by Soviet hardliners who, despite the end of the Cold War, are determined to turn back the clock.
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