The Charm School
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The Charm School is a 1988 thriller novel by Nelson DeMille
.
The title refers to a Soviet
training facility where Russian spies
are trained to infiltrate American
society, and the book deals with the U.S. response to this school. According to DeMille's August 2009 newsletter, the novel will be rewritten for the screen by Frank Pearson. The motion picture will be directed by Ericson Core.
on the road to Moscow
, when he makes an unscheduled stop and meets an English-speaking stranger. He turns out to be a fellow American who has been missing for over a decade. When Gregory agrees to help this stranger his life is put in jeopardy.
Gregory travels to Moscow and contacts the US Embassy
to tell him his story. Before he can meet Sam Hollis, the American Intelligence Officer
, Gregory Fisher disappears. Sam teams up with the embassy press attache
, Lisa Rhodes, in order to unravel the events surrounding the disappearance of Gregory Fisher. When the truth of what is happening in a small town in the middle of Russia is uncovered - it will send shock waves through the US government.
The KGB
has set up a school - The Charm School - that has recruited / kidnapped Americans to teach Russians how to act like Americans, so that they can assimilate into American society. Now the embassy and US government have to decide how to react. With Glasnost
on the table and the two countries trying to work together, this revelation can destroy everything.
Nelson DeMille
Nelson Richard DeMille is an American author of thriller novels. His works include Word of Honor , The Charm School, The Gold Coast, Plum Island, and The General's Daughter .DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt...
.
The title refers to a Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
training facility where Russian spies
Espionage
Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
are trained to infiltrate American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
society, and the book deals with the U.S. response to this school. According to DeMille's August 2009 newsletter, the novel will be rewritten for the screen by Frank Pearson. The motion picture will be directed by Ericson Core.
The plot
Greg Fisher is travelling through RussiaSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
on the road to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, when he makes an unscheduled stop and meets an English-speaking stranger. He turns out to be a fellow American who has been missing for over a decade. When Gregory agrees to help this stranger his life is put in jeopardy.
Gregory travels to Moscow and contacts the US Embassy
Embassy of the United States in Moscow
The Embassy of the United States in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of the United States to the Russian Federation. It is located in the Presnensky District in the city center of Moscow. Its address is: Bolshoy Deviatinsky Pereulok No...
to tell him his story. Before he can meet Sam Hollis, the American Intelligence Officer
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
, Gregory Fisher disappears. Sam teams up with the embassy press attache
Attaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
, Lisa Rhodes, in order to unravel the events surrounding the disappearance of Gregory Fisher. When the truth of what is happening in a small town in the middle of Russia is uncovered - it will send shock waves through the US government.
The KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
has set up a school - The Charm School - that has recruited / kidnapped Americans to teach Russians how to act like Americans, so that they can assimilate into American society. Now the embassy and US government have to decide how to react. With Glasnost
Glasnost
Glasnost was the policy of maximal publicity, openness, and transparency in the activities of all government institutions in the Soviet Union, together with freedom of information, introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the second half of the 1980s...
on the table and the two countries trying to work together, this revelation can destroy everything.