{"product_id":"9780147509734","title":"Argo","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe true account of a daring rescue that inspired the film \u003ci\u003eARGO\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics still reverberating today. But there is a little-known drama connected to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a top-level CIA officer named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them before they were detected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisguising himself as a Hollywood producer, and supported by a cast of expert forgers, deep cover CIA operatives, foreign agents, and Hollywood special effects artists, Mendez traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake science fiction film called \u003ci\u003eArgo\u003c\/i\u003e. While pretending to find the perfect film backdrops, Mendez and a colleague succeeded in contacting the escapees, and smuggling them out of Iran.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Mendez finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. A riveting story of secret identities and international intrigue, \u003ci\u003eArgo\u003c\/i\u003e is the gripping account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antonio Mendez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47564107481300,"sku":"9780147509734","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_816faa54-2a3d-43aa-9602-a8b98aeb6150.jpg?v=1771378084","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780147509734","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}