The Man With The Poison Gun

Download or read book The Man with the Poison Gun written by Serhii Plokhy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1961. The height of the Cold War. Just hours before work begins on the Berlin Wall, a KGB assassin and his young wife flee for the West before the Iron Curtain comes down and traps them in the East forever. This gripping story of real-life espionage and intrigue began when the Soviets invented a special weapon that killed without leaving a trace and put it in the hands of Bogdan Stashinsky. It is a tale of exploding parcels, fake identities, forbidden love and a man who knew the truth about the USSR’s most classified programme. By the time Stashinsky had his day in court, the whole world was watching.