Format:
Book
Author:
Archer, Jeffrey, 1940- author.
Title:
Heads you win / Jeffrey Archer.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Description:
437 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin. In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander's future. During an epic tale of fate and fortune, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow his triumphs and defeats as he struggles as an immigrant to conquer his new world. As this unique story unfolds, Alexander comes to realize where his destiny lies, and accepts that he must face the past he left behind in Russia.
Subjects:
Soviet Union Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Russians -- United States -- Fiction.
Russians -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
Fate and fatalism -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Fate and fatalism -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
LCCN:
2018036308
ISBN:
1250172500
9781250172501 (hardcover)
Other Number:
1028167044
System Availability:
4
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
4
Control Number:
381948
Call Number:
FIC ARCHER 2018
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
4
# System items in:
4