{"product_id":"9781480506787","title":"The Crook Factory","description":"  \u003cp\u003e\"Wonderful...brilliantly realized...a gripping narrative.\"Iain Pears, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAn Instance of the Fingerpost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of World War Two, the famous writer ErnestHemingway sought permission from the U.S. government to operate a spy ring out of his house in the Cuban countryside.This much is true...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the summer of '42, and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of J. Edgar Hoover to keep an eye on Hemingway.The great writer has assembled a ragtag spy ring that he calls the“Crook Factory” to play a dangerous game of amateur espionage.But then Lucas and Hemingway, against all the odds, uncovera critical piece of intelligence—and the game turns deadly.In \u003ci\u003eThe Crook Factory,\u003c\/i\u003e award-winning author Dan Simmonsexpands a little-known fact into a tour de force of gripping historicalsuspense set in the sensual Cuban landscape of the early 1940s.\u003ci\u003eIn 1942, at the height of World War II, Ernest Hemingway sought permission form J. Edgar Hoover to operate a spy ring out of his ranch in Cuba. This much is true...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a beautifully realized work of fierce originality, award-winning author DAN SIMMONS expands a little-known fact into a tour de force of historical suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the summer of '42, and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of the Director to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway, who has recklessly decided to play spy in the Caribbean. Lucas has been instructed to somehow gain the great writer's trust and friendship, but all the agent's cool intellect and training has left him unprepared to withstand the human whirlwind known as \"Papa.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHemingway has assembled a spy ring that he calls the\"Crook Factory\"—including an American millionaire, a twelve-year-old Cuban orphan, a Spanish jai alai champion, a priest, and a fisherman, among others—to play a dangerous game of amateur espionage. Then, against all odds, Hemingway uncovers a critical piece of intelligence, and the game turns deadly for himself, Lucas, and for untold innocents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTHE CROOK FACTORY\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Simmons weaves an unforgettable tale of riveting suspense, peopled by larger-than-life characters who inhabit the sensual, intoxicating Cuban landscape of the 1940s. It is a novel of honor, passion and chilling conspiracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it could very well have happened...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Dan Simmons is the author of the award-winning and critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eHyperion, The Fall of Hyperion,\u003c\/i\u003e and their sequel, \u003ci\u003eEndymion,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Endymion\u003c\/i\u003e.  Mr. Simmons lives in Colorado.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038230167792,"sku":"9781480506787","price":59.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480506787_p0.jpg?v=1763620043","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480506787","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}