Amateur - Hardcover

Robert Littell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671418734 ISBN 13: 9780671418731

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1981

Synopsis

A quiet CIA functionary, seeking revenge for the terrorist murder of his fiancee, becomes enmeshed in a deadly hunt in which he is the quarry of both the CIA and the terrorist he is seeking

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Littell is the author of 14 novels, published in 12 languages around the world. As well as The Defection of A.J. Lewinter, they include The October Circle, Mother Russia, The Amateur (which was made into a feature film), The Once and Future Spy, An Agent in Place, The Visiting Professor and Walking Back the Cat. His most recent, The Company, was a New York Times bestseller. Littell is a former Newsweek journalist.

Review:

"A taut, chilling plot and a protagonist as memorable as one of Len Deighton's or le Carré's George Smiley." -- The New York Times Book Review

"An espionage novel that will rival Gorky Park as the best of the year." -- Minneapolis Tribune

"Superb ... real terror...a hall-of-mirrors showdown ... plus last-minute twists... Littell is in top form." -- Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0671418734
• ISBN 13: 9780671418731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252