{"product_id":"9781472159274-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world","title":"Everybody Wants to Rule the World","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A thoroughly enjoyable spy novel' Mail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElmore 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A comic thriller which reads like a mash-up of Elmore Leonard and The Goonies'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This 80s-set \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eyarn mixes fact \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand fiction in a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewinning comedy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethriller. It's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etotally ace' \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt'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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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 (\u003ci\u003eis it Gary? Maybe!\u003c\/i\u003e) with a serious Phil Collins obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliantly plotted, with a nice streak of black comedy, a thoroughly enjoyable spy novel' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e, Best New Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55723391779190,"sku":"9781472159274","price":21.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36465370.jpg?v=1763980163","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472159274-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}