The Defection of A.J. Lewinter

Littell, Robert

ISBN 10: 0340176369 / ISBN 13: 9780340176368

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1973

About this Item

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Price clipped DJ is chipped at edges with a faded spine. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 230 pages. Littell's first novel.

Seller Inventory # 327016

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Defection of A.J. Lewinter
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340176369
• ISBN 13: 9780340176368
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st UK Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The legendary spy thriller from bestselling author Robert Littell - whose latest book The Company received rave reviews and acclaim and became an international bestseller - is finally back in print. The Defection of A. J. Lewinter is a masterpiece of irony and intrigue, an unconventional and gripping anatomy of a defection. A.J. Lewinter is an American scientist, for years an insignificant cog in America's complex defence machinery. While at an academic conference in Tokyo, he contacts the KGB station chief and tells him 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. 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 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.