The Tehran conviction /
Gabbay, Tom.
The Tehran conviction / Tom Gabbay. - 1st ed. - New York : William Morrow, c2009. - 282 p. ; 24 cm.
"Tehran 1953. Jack Teller, a new recruit to the recently established Central Intelligence Agency, finds himself in Iran posing as a high-level American oil executive as part of Operation Ajax, the agency's first attempt to overthrow the government of a sovereign nation. Torn between loyalty to his country's policies and sympathy for the hopes of a fledgling democracy, Jack must ultimately pick which side he will betray. It is a decision that will affect the future of the Middle East and, eventually, the world. Twenty-six years later, in 1979, Jack returns to a very different Iran. The country is in the grip of a religious revolution, and the streets of the capital city are filled with daily rantings against The Great Satan. Jack's attempt to save one man from Islamic justice -- a man whom he had, at one time, called a friend -- leads him into the heart of an emerging struggle between the West and a new and dangerous ideology"--From publisher description.
9780061188459 (alk. paper) 006118845X (alk. paper)
2008039605
Teller, Jack (Fictitious character : Gabbay)--Fiction.
Intelligence officers--Fiction.
Americans--Iran--Fiction.
Iran--History--Coup d'état, 1953--Fiction.
Iran--History--Revolution, 1979--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Spy stories.
PS 3607 .A22 / T47 2009
The Tehran conviction / Tom Gabbay. - 1st ed. - New York : William Morrow, c2009. - 282 p. ; 24 cm.
"Tehran 1953. Jack Teller, a new recruit to the recently established Central Intelligence Agency, finds himself in Iran posing as a high-level American oil executive as part of Operation Ajax, the agency's first attempt to overthrow the government of a sovereign nation. Torn between loyalty to his country's policies and sympathy for the hopes of a fledgling democracy, Jack must ultimately pick which side he will betray. It is a decision that will affect the future of the Middle East and, eventually, the world. Twenty-six years later, in 1979, Jack returns to a very different Iran. The country is in the grip of a religious revolution, and the streets of the capital city are filled with daily rantings against The Great Satan. Jack's attempt to save one man from Islamic justice -- a man whom he had, at one time, called a friend -- leads him into the heart of an emerging struggle between the West and a new and dangerous ideology"--From publisher description.
9780061188459 (alk. paper) 006118845X (alk. paper)
2008039605
Teller, Jack (Fictitious character : Gabbay)--Fiction.
Intelligence officers--Fiction.
Americans--Iran--Fiction.
Iran--History--Coup d'état, 1953--Fiction.
Iran--History--Revolution, 1979--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Spy stories.
PS 3607 .A22 / T47 2009