David McCloskey is a former CIA analyst and consultant at McKinsey & Company. Whilst at the CIA, he wrote regularly for the President's Daily Brief, delivered classified testimony to Congress and briefed senior White House officials. He is now a Times bestselling author and co-host of the podcast, The rest is classified. David's latest book, The Persian follows the story of a Persian Jewish dentist from Stockholm who dreams of starting afresh in California. To finance his new life he agrees to spy for Mossad in Iran, working with a clandestine unit tasked with sowing chaos and sabotage inside the country, When he is captured by Iranian security forces Kamran is compelled to confess his experiences as a spy, in a testimonial dealing with not only the security of nations, but also with revenge, deceit and the power of love and forgiveness in a world of lies.
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