Synopses & Reviews
An absorbing tale of espionage from the
New York Times bestselling author of The Company now available in paperback.
Robert Littell is a master storyteller of the highest caliber in the ranks of John le Carré, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene. The Once and Future Spy is a tale of espionage and counterespionage that reveals the dirty tricks and dangerous secrets of the subjects Littell knows best the CIA and American history. When "the Weeder," an operative at work on a highly sensitive project for "the Company," encounters an elite group of specialists within the innermost core of the CIA protecting a clandestine plan, the present confronts the past and disturbing moral choices are weighed against a shining patriotic dream.
Inventive, imaginative, and relentlessly gripping, The Once and Future Spy is Robert Littell at his most original.
Review
"An unusual, absorbing book that should keep you riveted." The New York Times Book Review
Review
"Littel blends history and espionage inventively, and his dialogue and prose resound with high wit....The result is funny and complex but a little silly." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Robert Littell is a master storyteller of the highest caliber in the ranks of John le Carri, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene. "The Once and Future Spy" is a tale of espionage and counterespionage that reveals the dirty tricks and dangerous secrets of the subjects Littell knows best -- the CIA and American history. When "the Weeder," an operative at work on a highly sensitive project for "the Company," encounters an elite group of specialists within the innermost core of the CIA protecting a clandestine plan, the present confronts the past and disturbing moral choices are weighed against a shining patriotic dream. Inventive, imaginative, and relentlessly gripping, "The Once and Future Spy" is Robert Littell at his most original.Robert Littell is a master storyteller of the highest caliber in the ranks of John le Carri, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene. "The Once and Future Spy" is a tale of espionage and counterespionage that reveals the dirty tricks and dangerous secrets of the subjects Littell knows best -- the CIA and American history. When "the Weeder," an operative at work on a highly sensitive project for "the Company," encounters an elite group of specialists within the innermost core of the CIA protecting a clandestine plan, the present confronts the past and disturbing moral choices are weighed against a shining patriotic dream. Inventive, imaginative, and relentlessly gripping, "The Once and Future Spy" is Robert Littell at his most original.
Synopsis
Robert Littell is a master storyteller of the highest caliber in the ranks of John le Carré, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene. The Once and Future Spy is a tale of espionage and counterespionage that reveals the dirty tricks and dangerous secrets of the subjects Littell knows best—the CIA and American history. When “the Weeder,” an operative at work on a highly sensitive project for “the Company,” encounters an elite group of specialists within the innermost core of the CIA protecting a clandestine plan, the present confronts the past and disturbing moral choices are weighed against a shining patriotic dream. Inventive, imaginative, and relentlessly gripping, The Once and Future Spy is Robert Littell at his most original.
About the Author
Robert Littell is the author of numerous bestselling spy novels. A former Newsweek journalist, he is an American currently living in France.