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Heads you win : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Heads you win : a novel / Jeffrey Archer.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250172501
  • ISBN: 1250172500
  • Physical Description: 437 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from cover.
Summary, etc.:
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.
Subject: Soviet Union Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti > Fiction.
Immigrants > United States > Fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Russians > United States > Fiction.
Russians > Great Britain > Fiction.
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Fate and fatalism > Fiction.
Choice (Psychology) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 3 total copies.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main Fiction Archer (Text) 31307023422761 Fiction Available -
Seymour Fiction Archer (Text) 31307023422753 Fiction Available -
Westside Fiction Archer (Text) 31307023422746 Fiction Available -

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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.

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