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Ballantine
February 2007
On Sale: January 27, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 1400062950
EAN: 9781400062959
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In Lion Eyes, a fictional Claire–the author of a novel about
love
among young CIA trainees–is unsuccessfully dodging a deadly
Paris heat
wave and her even deadlier ex-boyfriend. When she receives
an e-mail
from an Iranian admirer who wonders how to obtain a copy of
Loose Lips
in his native city of Esfahan, Claire wastes no time in
replying. Her
correspondence with the mysterious stranger, Arsalan–whose
name means
“the Lion” in Persian–quickly becomes personal, then
intimate . . .
then obsessive.
As Claire heads to Istanbul to find
relief
from the heat, her electronic flirtation with Arsalan begins,
inevitably, to consume her. The boundary between reality and her
imagination blurs and then disappears. The Lion, meanwhile, is
nurturing his own powerful fantasies about the author. To
satisfy their
growing passion, they agree to meet, back in Paris, but
Claire soon
learns that someone is secretly intercepting their
communications.
Suddenly,
Claire’s romantic dreams start to dissolve. As events take an
unimagined turn, and as life begins menacingly to imitate
art, Claire
discovers that the Lion is not who she thinks he is.
Clever
and witty, Lion Eyes showcases intriguing characters, exotic
locales,
snappy double entendres, clever spy games, and the forbidden
pleasure
of reading other people’s mail. Claire Berlinski (the real
Claire
Berlinshi, that is) expertly plots out chance and chase,
love and lies,
and brings it all together with intelligence,
counterintelligence, and
a dossier full of humor.
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