Published on Sep 5, 2014
Carter’s previous novel was an intriguing alternate history that imagined The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln; now, the Yale law professor revisits the Cuban Missile Crisis. Adding Margo Jensen, a Cornell undergraduate, to the cast of historical figures, Carter concocts a deft political and psychological thriller in which Jensen shuttles among world capitals as a liaison—and sometimes more—between Kennedy and Khrushchev.
