{"product_id":"enigma-9780804115483","title":"Enigma","description":"\"LITERATE AND SAVVY . . . BRIMS WITH WARTIME INTRIGUE.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003eEngland 1943. Much of the infamous Nazi Enigma code has been cracked. But Shark, the impenetrable operational cipher used by Nazi U-boats, has masked the Germans' movements, allowing them to destroy a record number of Allied vessels. Feeling that the blood of Allied sailors is on their hands, a top-secret team of British cryptographers works feverishly around the clock to break Shark. And when brilliant mathematician Tom Jericho succeeds, it is the stuff of legend. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\"A TENSE AND THOUGHTFUL THRILLER.\"\u003cbr\u003e--San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003eUntil the unthinkable happens: the Germans have somehow learned that Shark has been cracked. And they've changed the code. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\"SUSPENSEFUL AND FASCINATING.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Orlando Sentinel\u003cbr\u003eAs an Allied convoy crosses the U-boat infested North Atlantic . . . as Jericho's ex-lover Claire disappears amid accusations that she is a Nazi collaborator . . . as Jericho strains his last resources to break Shark again, he cannot escape the ultimate truth: There is a traitor among them. . . . \u003cbr\u003e\"GRIPPING . . . CAPTIVATING .\"\u003cbr\u003e--New York Daily News\u003cbr\u003e\"ELEGANTLY RESEARCHED . . . Readers will find themselves perfectly placed to experience one of Britain's finest hours.\"\u003cbr\u003e--People\u003cbr\u003e\"SATISFYING . . . Harris does a crackerjack job here, playing his characters' lives off historical events in surprising ways.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"SUSPENSEFUL . . . FIENDISHLY CLEVER.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Detroit Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1737844\"\u003eRobert Harris\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.94h x 4.26w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804115483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804115486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC006000\"\u003eThrillers | Espionage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC030000\"\u003eThrillers | Suspense\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Harris was born in 1957, in Nottingham, England, and educated at Cambridge University. He graduated with an honors degree in English and joined the BBC, working as a researcher and director before becoming the BBC's youngest reporter on \u003cb\u003e\"Newsnight\"\u003c\/b\u003e in 1982. In 1987, he left television to become political editor of \u003cb\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/b\u003e before joining the \u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e as a weekly columnist in 1989. He has since made several films for British television. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarris is the author of five nonfiction books, three of which have been published in the United States: \u003cb\u003eA Higher Form of Killing\u003c\/b\u003e (1982), a history of chemical and biological warfare; \u003cb\u003eGotcha!\u003c\/b\u003e (1983), a study of how the media covered the Falklands War; and \u003cb\u003eSelling Hitler\u003c\/b\u003e (1986), the story of the forged Hitler diaries scandal, which was made into a television miniseries. His first novel, \u003cb\u003eFatherland\u003c\/b\u003e (1992), was the most successful first novel by a Bri tish author in the past twenty years and was published in 18 countries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe lives near Hungerford, Berkshire with his wife and two children.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48504864604397,"sku":"9780804115483","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_12da6dca-bd60-4aec-8ccc-1be445b8a291.jpg?v=1754410211","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/enigma-9780804115483","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}