The Obedient Assassin
by John P. Davidson
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Pub Date Jan 07 2014 | Archive Date Feb 25 2014
Open Road Integrated Media | Delphinium Books
Description
Ramón Mercader was plucked from the front of the Spanish Civil War by the Soviets and conscripted to murder the great intellectual Leon Trotsky, a leader of the Bolshevik Revolution who was exiled in the 1920s for opposing Joseph Stalin.
As Ramón is trained for the task and assumes a new identity, he lives a lush life in Paris, befriending Frida Kahlo and other artists of the time. He falls in love with a left-leaning Jewish woman whom he is ordered to seduce as a means of getting at Trotsky.
From Barcelona to Paris and New York to Mexico City, the group controlling Ramón—including Ramón’s mother and her lover—guides the assassin on the inevitable resolution of his grim task as he must penetrate Trotsky’s compound.
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A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"From the first sentence, the quality of writing stands out in this fine novel about the events that led to Leon Trotsky's assassination--a skillful blend of history, political intrigue, culture, betrayed love, and the author's almost uncanny ability to paint a vivid picture of those times and places."
-- Neil McMahon, author of Dead Silver and L.A. Mental
“Reading The Obedient Assassin is like watching a great Hitchcock movie. From the first paragraph the reader is caught in a quiet undertow of suspense and swept into a fully realized story of twisted filial duty and cruel deception. In this remarkable novel, John Davidson has transformed the political murder of Leon Trotsky into a frightening, intimate, and hauntingly human crime.” - Stephen Harrigan, author of the national bestseller The Gates of the Alamo
Marketing Plan
The author has written the front-page story of the upcoming January 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
The author has written the front-page story of the upcoming January 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781480465190 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
