{"product_id":"a-classified-affair-9780385553100","title":"A Classified Affair","description":"\u003cb\u003eA marriage built on secrecy unravels when a British MI6 agent and “mole-hunter” disappears, leaving his estranged wife to wonder if he has vanished behind the Iron Curtain in pursuit of a traitor, or if he is the wanted man himself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon, 1979. Even as Alice puts her key in the lock of her front door, she is certain she is being watched—but whether by British intelligence, foreign agents, or someone closer to home she cannot say. Her husband, an MI6 agent, has been missing for weeks, but has her infidelity driven him away—or something more sinister? Long tasked with investigating the infamous spy ring known as the Cambridge Five—and rooting out its upper-crust members such as the “Third Man,” Kim Philby, who passed information to the Soviet Union and defected when exposed—Alice’s husband is still lost when Prime Minister Thatcher publicly reveals the long-rumored “Fourth Man,” Sir Anthony Blunt. Now, there’s talk of a “Fifth Man” at large, prompting Alice to wonder if her husband is hunting this elusive master spy, or himself being hunted. How well does she really know her husband, or he her?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Alice desperately calls on old friends and enemies alike in search of some clue, she reexamines the early years of their marriage, parsing through romantic entanglements and her complicated position as both insider and outsider within a cosseted world of power. The deeper she probes, the more perilous Alice's situation becomes as she is pulled into a dark web of surveillance, deceit, and clandestine dealmaking, where everyone, even she, is suspect. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePsychological, atmospheric and gripping\u003ci\u003e, A Classified Affair\u003c\/i\u003e explores the emotional toll of a marriage built on lies and a nation reckoning with waning global relevance. Told from the point of view of a spymasterʼs adulterous wife, \u003ci\u003eA Classified Affair\u003c\/i\u003e casts a brilliant and original light on the sexual politics of the Cold War and gives a stunning portrait of a woman readers of espionage fiction have only glimpsed.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62581527052675,"sku":"9780385553100","price":27.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780385553100.jpg?v=1788941778","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/a-classified-affair-9780385553100","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}