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Heads you win / Jeffrey Archer.

Summary:

When Alex's father is assassinated by the KGB, he and his mother flip a coin to decide whether to flee to America, or Great Britain. This epic tale spans thirty years, as we follow Alex's struggle to conquer his new world as an immigrant, and his eventual decision to face the past in Russia.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250236722 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 451 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2019.
Subject: Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Soviet Union > History > 1953-1985 > Fiction.
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century > Fiction.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.

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  • McMillan Palgrave
    <p><b><i>Heads You Win</i> is international #1 bestseller Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious and creative work since <i>Kane and Abel</i>, with a final twist that will shock even his most ardent of fans.<br></b><br><b>Leningrad, Russia, 1968: </b>From an early age it is clear that Alexander Karpenko is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, Alexander and his mother will have to escape Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they have an irreversible choice: board a container ship bound for America or one bound for Great Britain. Alexander leaves the choice to a toss of a coin…<br><br>In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander’s future. During an epic tale, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow Alexander through triumph and defeat as he sets out on parallel lives as Alex in New York and Sasha in London. As this unique story unfolds, both come to realize that to find their destiny they must face the past they left behind as Alexander in Russia.</p>

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