*HARDBACK in good condition,stated first printing. A nice clean book with no writing in it. Minor shelf wear. Blue boards with impressed title, a gold star and red stars on front board. Darker blue lettering on front and spine. Minor bumping on corner of boards.There is minor foxing on the page edges. Bright dust jacket has very minor edgewear especially at the corners and the spine. Also, a scratch, pic mark (slight hole) on the back. Scarce and hard to find book.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Defection of A. J. Lewinter
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Publication Date: 1973
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0395154812
ISBN 13: 9780395154816
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Printing
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This first novel by Robert Littell, bestselling author of The Company, immediately elevated him to the ranks of John le Carre, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene. 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, 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. Deft and dazzlingly plotted, this is the book that introduced Robert Littell―the opening shot of a brilliant career.

About the Author

Robert Littell is the author of thirteen novels, published in twelve languages around the world. His most recent, The Company, is one of the most talked about, eagerly awaited books of the year. Littell is also a former Newsweek journalist.

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