The Defection of A. J. Lewinter (Duplicity) - Softcover

Littell, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468306367 ISBN 13: 9781468306361

Publisher: The Overlook Press, 2013

Synopsis

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 this title

About the Author:

Robert Littell's novels include the New York Times bestseller The Company, The October Circle, Mother Russia, The Amateur, The Once and Future Spy, An Agent in Place, The Visiting Professor, and Walking Back the Cat. A former Newsweek journalist, he is an American currently living in France.

Review:

"Breathtaking inventiveness...A perfect little gem, one of the best Cold War thrillers I've read in years." --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times

"This is dazzling work, literature of a high order that happens to address the madness of the Cold War... The Defection of A.J. LeWinter is just about perfect." --The Washington Post

About this edition

• Publisher: The Overlook Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1468306367
• ISBN 13: 9781468306361
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304