The Defection of A. J. Lewinter

Robert Littell

ISBN 10: 0395154812 / ISBN 13: 9780395154816

Published by Houghton Mifflin January 1973, 1973

About this Item

Stated First Printing. Dust jacket has a small chip on front near top of spine, shelf worn at corners and top and bottom of spine. Not price clipped.

Seller Inventory # 567603

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Defection of A. J. Lewinter
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin January 1973
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395154812
• ISBN 13: 9780395154816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: USED Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • FICTION Mystery HC

About this title

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.