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Synopsis
A. J. Lewinter is an American scientist, for years an insignificant cog in America's complex defense machinery. While at an academic conference in Tokyo, though, Lewinter contacts the KGB station chief and says he wants to defect. He tantalizes the Russians with U.S. military secrets he claims to possess, but is his defection genuine? Neither the Russians nor the Americans are sure and Lewinter is swept up in a terrifying political chess match of deceit and treachery. Each side struggles to anticipate its opponents next move and the superpowers are locked in a deadly contest that exploits friendships, destroys loyalties, and manipulates human beings as expendable pawns. The Defection of A. J. Lewinter is a masterpiece of irony and intrigue, an unconventional and gripping anatomy of a defection.
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Robert Littell is the author of 14 novels, published in 12 languages around the world. Along with 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 an international bestseller. Littell is a former Newsweek journalist. Robert Littell is an American who lives in France.
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"'A perfect little gem, the best cold-war thriller I've read in years.' - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times 'If Robert Littell didn't invent the American spy novel, he should have.' - Tom Clancy"
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Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2005
ISBN 10: 0715633562
ISBN 13: 9780715633564
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