{"product_id":"dissident-9781250208583","title":"The Dissident","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A feast for serious fiction readers.\" --Wendy Smith, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dead-serious, dead-funny, no-he-didn't marvel.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Cohen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Netanyahus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thrilling, witty, and slyly original Cold War mystery about a ragtag group of Jewish refuseniks in Moscow. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn his wedding day in 1976, Viktor Moroz stumbles upon a murder scene: two gay men, one of them a U.S. official, have been axed to death in Moscow. Viktor, a Jewish refusenik, is stuck in the Soviet Union because the government has denied his application to leave for Israel; he sits \"in refusal\" alongside his wife and their group of intellectuals, Jewish and not. But the KGB spots Viktor leaving the murder scene. Plucked off the street, he's given a choice: find the murderer or become the suspect of convenience. His deadline is nine days later, when Henry Kissinger will be arriving in Moscow. Unsolved ax murders, it seems, aren't good for politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA whip-smart, often hilarious Cold War thriller, Paul Goldberg's \u003ci\u003eThe Dissident\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it means to survive in the face of impossible choices and monumental consequences. To help solve the case, Viktor ropes in his community, which includes his banned-text-distributing wife, a hard-drinking sculptor, a Russian priest of Jewish heritage, and a visiting American intent on reliving World War II heroics. As Viktor struggles to determine whom to trust, he's forced to question not only the KGB's murky motives but also those of his fellow refuseniks--and the man he admires above all: Kissinger himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImmersive, unpredictable, and always ax-sharp, \u003ci\u003eThe Dissident\u003c\/i\u003e is Cold War intrigue at its most inventive. It is an uncompromising look at sacrifice, community, and the scars of history and identity, from an expert storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the National Jewish Book Award's Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe Château. \u003c\/i\u003eAs a reporter, Goldberg has written two books about the Soviet human rights movement, and coauthored (with Otis Brawley) \u003ci\u003eHow We Do Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, an expose of the US health-care system. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Slate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is also the editor and publisher of \u003ci\u003eThe Cancer Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, a newsletter focused on the business and politics of cancer. He lives in Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509882982674,"sku":"9781250208583","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e7807ad8-b9e4-449c-ba67-8a0545602af4.jpg?v=1774449238","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dissident-9781250208583","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}