Red sparrow book12/3/2023 ![]() There is supposed CIA slang used by the author in this book, such as Feebs for the FBI, an L-Pill for a hidden poison needle in a ballpoint pen, Dead Drop, Running a Canary Trap, a Trap Door Team, and a Reverse Fish Hook Pattern, to name a few. I think an early example of this procedure was portrayed in the 2015 movie “A Bridge Of Spies” involving the exchange of Russian spy Rudolf Abel for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in the 1960s. Thus, if one of two spying country’s agent or spy is arrested, he/she will either be deported immediately, or, depending upon his/her rank and value, detained for use as a later bargaining chip to exchange for someone being held by the other country. ![]() The book moves its characters into and around various locations, including Moscow, Helsinki, Athens, Rome, New York and Washington.Īlso, President Putin makes several appearances in the book, one in which he is, of course, shirtless.Ģ1 st Century spying is portrayed in the book as countries honoring, for the most part, an unwritten agreement that one country will no longer kill or torture another country’s apprehended spies in order for its apprehended spies not to be killed or tortured by that other country. to recruit Dominika into becoming a CIA spy to replace Marble in case he gets caught or decides to retire. To add a little complication to the story, the CIA wants Nate to use his charms, etc. Upon completing Sparrow School, Dominika’s first assignment is to become very close to and intimate with Nate in an effort to entice him into divulging the identity of Marble. However, unbeknown to Dominika, this man was to be garroted while having sex with her. This general was considered to be Nate’s asset, and his code name was “Marble.”ĭominika’s test or initiation for Sparrow School was seducing a wealthy protagonist of President Putin. spy in the Kremlin for the past 14 years. Nate has been handling a high-ranking Russian general, who has been a U.S. The main characters in the book are Nathan (Nate) Nash, a young CIA field operative, and Dominika Egorova, a former Russian ballerina training to become an agent of the SVR (the successor of the KGB). The author also makes a brief reference to an equivalent school for smart, young and attractive Russian men called “Raven School,” where young men are trained to use their charm and talents to seduce neglected or unappreciated diplomats’ wives and secretaries (both male and female) to obtain classified information. According to the author, this school is called “Sparrow School,” and it is considered a Russian intelligence academy or AVR. They are taught the art of seduction and how to use sex and blackmail to obtain highly classified information from foreign diplomats and military personnel. ![]() The book’s title refers to a special secret Russian training school for smart, young and attractive Russian women. The author was a CIA field operative for 33 years before retiring, and he appears to be using much of his CIA experiences as material for this book. It is available in soft cover (547 pages) and electronically. Just in case you are now wondering, the book I have chosen for this review is a spy novel written in 2013 by Jason Matthews titled Red Sparrow. While I do not think you will need to check with your doctor as to whether or not your heart is healthy enough to read this book, I want to give you a heads up that there is a lot of sex in this book. For fans of John le Carré and Ian Fleming and featuring "high-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents, and double crosses" (Nelson DeMille), Red Sparrow is a timely and electrifying thriller that is impossible to put down.I think a change of pace is in order after the gloom and doom content of my last book review concerning a possible cyber attack against the continental United States’ electrical grids. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception, and inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America's valuable mole in Moscow. She's been assigned to Nathaniel Nash, a CIA officer who handles the organization's most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. In contemporary Russia, state intelligence officer Dominika Egorova has been drafted to become a "Sparrow"-a spy trained in the art of seduction to elicit information from their marks.
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