That's because Matthews spent 33 years as a CIA agent before becoming an author, and was therefore plenty knowledgeable about Russian tradecraft (the term used by intelligence officers to describe their jobs). And Matthews didn't just take to Google to do the research for his 2013 book he drew upon his own life experiences.
This is according to Jason Matthews, author of the novel Red Sparrow, upon which the movie is based. But are red sparrows real, or is the movie just an example of James Bond-inspired spy fiction?īelieve it or not, there was at one time a dedicated sparrow program in Russia, and it's believed that Russian honey trap spies still exist even without a specific program built around them. In the movie, sparrows are shown to be a certain branch of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) that trains women to be "honey traps" who use their sexuality to seduce and compromise foreign assets, like say, a CIA agent. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses.In the new film Red Sparrow, Jennifer Lawrence portrays Dominika Egorova, a special type of spy known as a sparrow. Jason Matthews is not making it up he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. 'Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come along. I loved this book and could not put it down. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. 'A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Will Dominika be able to unmask MARBLE, or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country she has always passionately defended? He needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep supplying golden information. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia, the country she loved, as the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel.Īmerican Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA's biggest assets.
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