American Spy

Description:

1986, the heart of the Cold War. A young black woman working in an old boys' club, Marie Mitchell's FBI career has stalled out and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. Given the opportunity to join a task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic revolutionary president of Burkina Faso whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention, she says yes. In the year that follows Marie observes Sankara, seduces him-- and has a hand in the coup that will bring him down. But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, a sister, and a good American. -- adapted from jacket

subjects: Fiction, historical,  Fiction, espionage,  African americans, fiction,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction,  Intelligence officers,  African American women,  History,  FICTION / Literary,  FICTION / African American / Historical,  FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage,  African Americans,  Coup d'état (Burkina Faso : 1987) fast (OCoLC)fst01352561,  Coup d'état (Burkina Faso : 1987.),  Coup d'e tat (Burkina Faso : 1987) fast (OCoLC)fst01352561 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01352561,  Coup d'état (Burkina Faso : 1987) fast (OCoLC)fst01352561 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01352561