The Defection of a J Lewinter - Couverture souple

Littell, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571163858 ISBN 13 : 9780571163854

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 1991

Synopsis

For years scientist A.J. Lewinter has been an insignificant cog in America's complex defence machinery, but when he enters the Soviet embassy offering to defect, he is swept up in a terrifying political game of deceit and treachery. The author also wrote "The Once and Future Spy".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This first novel by Robert Littell, bestselling author of The Company, immediately elevated him to the ranks of John le Carre, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene. "Eric Ambler invented the modern spy novel. Robert Littell perfected it," wrote Stephen Coonts.

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.

Revue de presse

"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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571163858
• ISBN 13: 9780571163854
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible