{"product_id":"0553593544-the_bourne_identity_a_novel_jason_bourne","title":"The Bourne Identity: A Novel (Jason Bourne)","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eJason Bourne. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has no past. And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are a few clues. A frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the flesh of his hip. Evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face. Strange things that he says in his delirium— maybe code words. Initial: \"J.B.\" And a number on the film negative that leads to a Swiss bank account, a fortune of four million dollars, and, at last, a name: Jason Bourne. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut now he is marked for death, caught in a maddening puzzle, racing for survival through the deep layers of his buried past into a bizarre world of murderous conspirators—led by Carlos, the world's most dangerous assassin. And no one can help Jason Bourne but the woman who once wanted to escape him.\u003c\/p\u003e Gale Research \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bourne Identity,\u003c\/i\u003e which introduced a trilogy of books, follows Bourne, a spy who awakens in a doctor's office with amnesia; the story is played out as a remarkable number of killers and organizations attempt to finish Bourne off before he realizes his true identity. \"Some of Mr. Ludlum's previous novels were so convoluted they should have been packaged with bags of bread crumbs to help readers keep track of the plot lines,\" Peter Andrews mused in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review.\u003c\/i\u003e \"But \u003ci\u003eThe Bourne Identity\u003c\/i\u003e is a Ludlum story at its most severely plotted, and for me its most effective.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery, Thriller \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrillers \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpies \u0026amp; Politics\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eEspionage\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":46671295512766,"sku":"0553593544-4","price":14.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71OvQm6MyQL.jpg?v=1776882774","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0553593544-the_bourne_identity_a_novel_jason_bourne","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}