Everybody Wants to Rule the World
'A thoroughly enjoyable spy novel' Mail on Sunday
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2025
Corsair (Verlag)
978-1-4721-5927-4 (ISBN)
Corsair (Verlag)
978-1-4721-5927-4 (ISBN)
Elmore Leonard meets Robert Ludlum in a rollicking comedic thriller set in 1985 from acclaimed author Ace Atkins, in which a suburban teen suspects his mom's new boyfriend is the ultimate bad guy - a KGB agent.
'A comic thriller which reads like a mash-up of Elmore Leonard and The Goonies' The Times, Book of the Month
'This 80s-set yarn mixes fact and fiction in a winning comedy thriller. It's totally ace' The Sun
It's 1985, what will soon become known at "The Year of the Spy," and fourteen-year-old Peter Bennett is convinced his mom's new boyfriend is a Russian agent.
"Gary" isn't in the phone book, has an unidentifiable European accent, and keeps a gun in the glove box of his convertible Porsche. Peter thinks Gary only wants to get close to his mom because she works at Scientific Atlanta, a lab with big government contracts. But who is going to believe him? He's just a kid into BMX and MTV.
But after another woman who works at the lab is killed, Peter recruits an unlikely pair of allies - a has-been pulp writer named Dennis Hotchner and his drag performer buddy and heavy, Jackie Demure. Both soon become the target of an unhinged Russian hitman (is it Gary? Maybe!) with a serious Phil Collins obsession.
Meanwhile, Sylvia Weaver, a young, Black FBI agent, investigates Scientific Atlanta in the wake of the employee's murder and discovers a nest of Russian spies. Little does she know her investigation is being thwarted by a seriously compromised colleague in Washington, D.C., who is in league with a lovesick, hypochondriac KGB defector who is playing both sides of the Cold War to his benefit.
As Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev prepare for a historic nuclear summit in Geneva, what happens in Atlanta might change the course of the Cold War, the 20th Century, and Peter Bennett's freshman year of high school.
'Brilliantly plotted, with a nice streak of black comedy, a thoroughly enjoyable spy novel' Mail on Sunday, Best New Fiction
'A comic thriller which reads like a mash-up of Elmore Leonard and The Goonies' The Times, Book of the Month
'This 80s-set yarn mixes fact and fiction in a winning comedy thriller. It's totally ace' The Sun
It's 1985, what will soon become known at "The Year of the Spy," and fourteen-year-old Peter Bennett is convinced his mom's new boyfriend is a Russian agent.
"Gary" isn't in the phone book, has an unidentifiable European accent, and keeps a gun in the glove box of his convertible Porsche. Peter thinks Gary only wants to get close to his mom because she works at Scientific Atlanta, a lab with big government contracts. But who is going to believe him? He's just a kid into BMX and MTV.
But after another woman who works at the lab is killed, Peter recruits an unlikely pair of allies - a has-been pulp writer named Dennis Hotchner and his drag performer buddy and heavy, Jackie Demure. Both soon become the target of an unhinged Russian hitman (is it Gary? Maybe!) with a serious Phil Collins obsession.
Meanwhile, Sylvia Weaver, a young, Black FBI agent, investigates Scientific Atlanta in the wake of the employee's murder and discovers a nest of Russian spies. Little does she know her investigation is being thwarted by a seriously compromised colleague in Washington, D.C., who is in league with a lovesick, hypochondriac KGB defector who is playing both sides of the Cold War to his benefit.
As Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev prepare for a historic nuclear summit in Geneva, what happens in Atlanta might change the course of the Cold War, the 20th Century, and Peter Bennett's freshman year of high school.
'Brilliantly plotted, with a nice streak of black comedy, a thoroughly enjoyable spy novel' Mail on Sunday, Best New Fiction
Ace Atkins is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author who started his writing career as a crime beat reporter in Florida. Everybody Wants to Rule the World is his thirty-first novel. His previous novels include eleven books in the Quinn Colson series, multiple true-crime novels based on infamous crooks and killers, and 2024's Don't Let the Devil Ride. In 2010, he was chosen by Robert B. Parker's family to continue the iconic Spenser series, adding ten novels to the franchise. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi with his family.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.12.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 600 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4721-5927-6 / 1472159276 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4721-5927-4 / 9781472159274 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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