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Spy's Mate

Spy's Mate - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:BuchananPublish date:10/14/2025Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Thinkers PublishingISBN-13:9789083488233ISBN-10:9083488233UPC:9789083488233Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, ThrillersBook Topic:20th Century, Espionage, HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.16 inchesWeight:1.6204Product ID:SCS641AEKZ

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Set in the late Cold War-era Soviet Union, SPY'S MATE: A NOVEL follows the coming of age of Yasha Basmajian, a young chess prodigy of Armenian origin who rises through the ranks of the Soviet chess establishment with dizzying rapidity. Along the way, however, he must contend with many pitfalls, including operatives who manipulate him, jealous rivals who try to humiliate him, and high officials who threaten him when he asserts his independence, or takes a principled stance.

With help from a renegade coach and a team of anti-establishment grandmasters, Yasha manages to run the gauntlet of two Candidates Tournaments until eventually he faces the sinister, predatory World Chess Champion, Evgeny Volosin, in a match where the stakes are nothing less than life and death.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Thinkers PublishingISBN-13:9789083488233ISBN-10:9083488233UPC:9789083488233Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, ThrillersBook Topic:20th Century, Espionage, HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.16 inchesWeight:1.6204Product ID:SCS641AEKZ

Brad Buchanan holds degrees in English Literature from McGill University, the University of Toronto, and Stanford University. He taught British and Postcolonial Literature, as well as Creative Writing, at Sacramento State University (where he also served as English Department Chair) until his retirement in 2016. His poetry, short fiction, and scholarly articles have appeared in more than 200 journals, and he has published 4 book-length collections of poetry. His medical memoir, Living with Graft-Versus-Host-Disease, was published by Armin Lear Press in 2021. Brad Buchanan is a resident of Sacramento, CA.


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