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Blood and Gifts
A Play
Author: J. T. Rogers
Blood and Gifts
$11.99
About This Book
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My God, Russian soldiers being shot with Chinese bullets. Sometimes the world is so beautiful.
It's 1981. As the Soviet army burns its way through Afghanistan, CIA operative Jim Warnock is sent to try to halt its bloody progress, beginning a secret spy war behind the official hostilities. Jim and his counterparts in the KGB and the British and Pakistani secret services wrestle with ever-shifting personal and political loyalties. With the outcome of the entire Cold War at stake, Jim and a larger-than-life Afghan warlord decide to place their trust in each other.
Spanning a decade and playing out in Washington, D.C., Pakistan, and Afghanistan, Blood and Gifts is a sweeping, often shockingly funny epic set against one of the greatest historical events of recent history, the repercussions of which continue to shape our world.
Imprint Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN
9781466841833
In The News
“It grips entirely . . . Imagine that John le Carré collaborated with . . . a disaffected renegade from The West Wing.” —Libby Purves, The Times (London)
“Rogers is that rarest of creatures: an American playwright with a social conscience and the desire to make damning connections between human psychology and ideology.” —David Cote, Time Out New York
“Anyone who reads the news from Afghanistan and wonders how we got into this mess in the first place would do well to see this outstanding new work.” —Fiona Mountford, London Evening Standard
“Sly, funny, informative and heartbreaking . . . This is, in every sense, a great play.” —Nina Caplan, Time Out London
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Blood and Gifts