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On the heels of littell s 2002 bestseller the company comes this reissue of a gripping spy thriller originally published in 1986. A novel of the cia by robert littell 894pp, macmillan. Robert littell books list of books by author robert littell. Robert littell has 35 books on goodreads with 24057 ratings. The author of several terse thrillers walking back the cat, 1997, etc. The first edition of the novel was published in 2001, and was written by robert littell. He is the author of fifteen novels, including the new york times bestseller the company and legends, the 2005 l.
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Chris petit welcomes a return to form for one of the cold wars finest spywriters as robert littell investigates the company. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the company. After many years the debriefing is finally available again as overlook brings back littell s classics. Robert littell became a published novelist in 1969 with the alternate history novel if israel lost the war. A novel of the cia is an american novel written by robert littell and published by the overlook press in 2002.
Help us improve our author pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography. The nonfiction book for the future of israel was written by robert littell and shimon peres. Robert littell biography, age, books, legends, image, the. Based on the awardwinning book by spy novelist robert littell, legends follows martin odum, an undercover agent who can transform himself into a different person for each case. The telling of this story keeps you riveted to the pages.
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