{"product_id":"9781429940139","title":"36 Yalta Boulevard: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Tourist...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlen Steinhauer's acclaimed first two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge of Sighs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Confession\u003c\/i\u003e, have garnered thus far an Edgar nomination, an Anthony nomination, a Macavity nomination, a Historical Dagger nomination, and five starred reviews. Now he takes this superb literary series set in a nameless Eastern European country into the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eState Security Officer Brano Sev is the secretive member of the homicide department of the capital's people's militia. No one else quite trusts him, but it is part of his job to do what the authorities ask, no matter what. So when he gets an order to travel to the village of his birth in order to interrogate a potential defector, he goes. When a man turns up dead shortly after he arrives, and Brano is framed for the murder, he assumes this is part of the plan and allows it to run its course. But when the plan leads him into exile in Vienna, he finally begins to ask questions.\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, in \u003ci\u003eThe Man from Yalta Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e, a tour-de-force political thriller from Olen Steinhauer, Comrade Brano Sev learns that loyalty to the cause might be the biggest crime of all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153848156400,"sku":"9781429940139","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429940139_p0.jpg?v=1763748695","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429940139","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}