The Obedient Assassin

Harrison, New York: Delphinium Books, 2014. BW7 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by John P. Davidson to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, diagonal crease/fold on the front flap, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some light stains on the page edges, light tanning and shelf wear. LEON TROTSKY. FRIDA KAHLO. DIEGO RIVERA. ALL ARE DRAMATIC PLAYERS IN THIS RIVETING THRILLER SET IN BARCELONA, PARIS, NEW YORK AND MEXICO CITY. 9.25"x6.25", 312 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. During the Spanish Civil War, Ramón Mercader is plucked from the front by the Soviets and conscripted to murder Leon Trotsky, the great Marxist intellectual and a leader of the Bolshevik Revolution who was exiled in the 1920's for opposing Joseph Stalin. As Ramón assumes a new identity and begins training, he lives a lush life in Paris, befriending Frida Kahlo and other artists of the time. But conflict and self-doubt grip him when he falls in love with a left-leaning Jewish woman whom he is ordered to seduce as a means of ensnaring Trotsky. As this intercontinental plot unfolds, the group controlling Ramón - including his Communist mother and her lover - guides the assassin toward the inevitable resolution of his grim mission to penetrate Trotsky's compound outside the Mexican capital. Meticulously researched over ten years, The Obedient Assassin hypnotically recreates and illuminates the story of one man at the crossroads of an incredible chapter in modern history.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.