{"product_id":"agent-garbo-9780544035010","title":"Agent Garbo","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephan Talty\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Intelligence \u0026amp; Espionage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book presses ever forward down a path of historical marvels and astonishing facts. The effect is like a master class that's accessible to anyone, and \u003cem\u003eAgent Garbo\u003c\/em\u003e often reads as though it were written in a single, perfect draft.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore he remade himself as the master spy known as Garbo, Juan Pujol was nothing more than a Barcelona poultry farmer. But as Garbo, he turned in a masterpiece of deception that changed the course of World War II. Posing as the Nazis' only reliable spy inside England, he created an imaginary million-man army, invented armadas out of thin air, and brought a vast network of fictional subagents to life. The scheme culminated on June 6, 1944, when Garbo convinced the Germans that the Allied forces approaching Normandy were just a feint--the real invasion would come at Calais. Because of his brilliant trickery, the Allies were able to land with much less opposition and eventually push on to Berlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs incredible as it sounds, everything in Agent Garbo is true, based on years of archival research and interviews with Pujol's family. This pulse-pounding thriller set in the shadow world of espionage and deception reveals the shocking reality of spycraft that occurs just below the surface of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stephan Talty's unsurpassed research brings forth one of the war's greatest agents in a must-read book for those who think they know all the great World War II stories.\" --Gregory Freeman, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Forgotten 500\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408999080087,"sku":"9780544035010","price":1299.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780544035010.webp?v=1767310902","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/agent-garbo-9780544035010","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}