PATRICK D. JOYCE BOOKS

This was an amazing and very exiting book about friendship and trust! This book was very adventurous and I couldn’t put it down! I would highly recommend!

"Back in the USSR" was riveting from start to finish. Between the setting (Moscow), the era (the 1980s), the theme (The Beatles), and the teenage characters, I seriously couldn't put this book down. With lots of intrigue and excitement, I kept thinking to myself, "I'd love to see this made into a movie!". Seriously.
Cleverly written, well-paced, maybe a bit fantastical in places, this book is geared for adults and young adult readers who're a bit more sophisticated, I think.

Excellent read that drew me in and kept me entertained. Highly recommend it!

I'm not usually drawn to thrillers but I really enjoyed reading Back in the USSR. The author does a nice job of weaving a young adult perspective, diplomatic life, and Beatles song lyrics to create a fast-moving plot that I found hard to put down.

Exciting story with lots of twists and turns. Whole family enjoyed this book!

This is a well-plotted, briskly paced YA spy thriller set in Soviet Moscow during the 1980s. Harrison George, visiting his American diplomat parents for the Christmas school holidays, and his friend Pru, the daughter of journalists, become inadvertently involved in a web of complex machinations involving the Beatles, obsessive collectors, artists and poets, Russian mobsters, and the KGB. The time and place, including the experience of being young and American observing a strange and repressive regime, are richly drawn. The music of the Fab Four provides a unifying motif for this tale of clashing ideologies and personal loyalties

This was a page-turner! If you are mature adult, don’t be deterred by the designation of this novel as YA fiction. It is an intriguing, creative and thoroughly entertaining story with endearing protagonists. Bonus if you are a Beatles fan! I am looking forward to the next one in this series, Mr. Joyce.

Back In The USSR is a pleasure from cover to cover! A Dan Brown-esque thriller, the book kept me turning the page to see what happened next, all the while delighting with easter eggs, lyric references and the pure joy that The Beatles bring to the world. As a young adult this would have vied for one of my favourite books, but, even as an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed it. May there be many more Harrison and Prudence adventures to come!

Patrick Joyce checks off all the boxes for an exciting read. Joyce uses mystery, adventure and historical fiction to take you on a wild ride through Russia in the 1980's. I immediately got invested in the two main teen characters Harrison and Pru who get mixed up with government officials, mafia and artists who want the missing Beatles White Album. Who will end up finding it and who will ultimately get it and why. You may have to suspend a bit of reality with all that these teens get themselves into but it's great read. I actually listened to the White Album while reading this book. I got my copy at my local library.

To start off, Patrick Joyce, knows what he is doing! I love every single part of this book and it just got me off of my seat and kept me pumped on what was on the next page. The book itself is written so constructively and thoroughly, with the main characters Harrison and Pru, I feel in my opinion they were written so whole-heartedly and in depth with passion. I also love the intertwining of the history of the USSR, Cold War, and The Beatles were put in perfectly with each other inside the book. As a pianist and ever since a young age, a fan of The Beatles, reading about them and the little easter eggs and twists about The Beatles brought me more forwards into reading the book. To be honest, this has been an uplifting, emotional, and one of the best books I've seen in a while.

My middle school daughter and I read Back in the USSR and both loved it. Rich characters, exciting plot, and unexpected twists. Great read for both young adults and adults, fun to discuss with teens. Highly recommend!

Very enjoyable read, I couldn't put it down!

I read back in the USSR over the winter holidays thinking it would be a delayed process as it was a busy time. I was so wrong! Could not finish fast enough. Everything was captivating —the storyline, the characters, the culture, the history. A must read!

Patrick Joyce recreates the paranoid world of the 1980s Soviet Union, when an American high schooler visiting his diplomat parents in Moscow gets swept into a conspiracy involving the KGB, the local mafia, and an underground obsession with the Beatles. Hilarious, thrilling, charming, and filled with trivia about the Beatles's masterpiece work that made me immediately turn on The White Album. Fun for teen readers who will relate to the protagonist and his delightful sidekick as well as for older readers, some of whom may be gray enough to remember the days of the Soviet Union. . . .

Absolutely wonderful!