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In this suspenseful and atmospheric spy novel in the tradition of Graham Greene and John le Carr, Henry Bromell unfolds a labyrinthine tale of intrigue and moral ambiguity.
In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, CIA agent Mack Hooper arrived in the tiny middle-eastern kingdom of Kurash with a mission to befriend and protect its inexperienced young ruler. Now, forty years later, the country no longer exists and Mack’s son Terry is trying to piece together his father’s story. Was he a friend to the young king, or a diplomat-seducer sent to betray him? And what happened to the lost kingdom? Moving deftly between the feudal world of Kurash and the martini-washed enclaves of the American spies, Little America is a riveting and unexpectedly moving tale of honor and betrayal as well as a brilliant evocation of espionage in the darkest days of the Cold War.
In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, CIA agent Mack Hooper arrived in the tiny middle-eastern kingdom of Kurash with a mission to befriend and protect its inexperienced young ruler. Now, forty years later, the country no longer exists and Mack’s son Terry is trying to piece together his father’s story. Was he a friend to the young king, or a diplomat-seducer sent to betray him? And what happened to the lost kingdom? Moving deftly between the feudal world of Kurash and the martini-washed enclaves of the American spies, Little America is a riveting and unexpectedly moving tale of honor and betrayal as well as a brilliant evocation of espionage in the darkest days of the Cold War.
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“A remarkably well written and highly original novel. . . . A thriller at the classiest level.” –Los Angeles Times
“Wonderfully appealing characters. . . . A novel of . . . considerable emotional power.” –The New York Times
“A story of secret love, double-crossing, betrayal and go-karts. . . . Little America has a . . . deep imagined history, clever plot and unexpected ending.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Savvy . . . a work of high intelligence, in every sense of the word . . . both a subtly understated thriller and an ironic parody of the intricacy and opacity of the espionage genre itself.” –Kirkus
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“Wonderfully appealing characters. . . . A novel of . . . considerable emotional power.” –The New York Times
“A story of secret love, double-crossing, betrayal and go-karts. . . . Little America has a . . . deep imagined history, clever plot and unexpected ending.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Savvy . . . a work of high intelligence, in every sense of the word . . . both a subtly understated thriller and an ironic parody of the intricacy and opacity of the espionage genre itself.” –Kirkus
He is currently a writer and consulting producer for the Showtime series Homeland.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0375718915
- ISBN 13 9780375718915
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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