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Mar 25, 2003 connoisseurs of the spy novel have elevated robert littell to the genres highest ranks, and tom clancy wrote that if robert littell didnt invent the spy novel, he should have. In his careercapping thirteenth novel, master of the espionage thriller robert littell has crafted a breathtaking story of the legendary cia. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Robert littell is the author of more than a dozen novels and the nonfiction book if. Robert littell, long known as one of the best writers of fiction about the cold war, is not as well known as john le carre or the great. For his fourteenth novel, robert littell creates an engrossing, multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic yet utterly candid saga, bringing to life through a host of charactershistorical and imagined the over 40 years of the cia the company to insiders.
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