Robert Littell is the undisputed master of American spy fiction, hailed for his profound grasp of the world of international espionage. His previous novel, The Company, an international bestseller, was praised as "one of the best spy novels ever written" (Chicago Tribune). For his new novel, Legends, Littell focuses on the life of one agent caught in a "wilderness of mirrors" where both remembering and forgetting his . For his new novel, Legends, Littell focuses on the life of one great agent caught in a "wilderness of mirrors" where both remembering and forgetting his past are deadly options. Martin Odum is a CIA field agent turned private detective, struggling his way through a labyrinth of past identities - /5(). · A award-winning, psychological post–Cold War novel—adapted as a TNT series starring Sean Bean— Legends is the next blockbuster spy novel from Robert Littell. Martin Odum is a onetime CIA field agent turned private detective in Brooklyn, struggling his way through a labyrinth of memories and past identities—“legends” in Agency www.doorway.ru: ABRAMS.
Robert Littell (born January 8, ) is an American novelist and former journalist who resides in France. He specializes in spy novels that often concern the CIA and the Soviet Union.. Littell was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family, of Russian Jewish origin. He is a graduate of Alfred University in western New York. He spent four years in the U.S. Navy and served at times as. Show details. Hide details. Choose items to buy together. This item: Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation. by Robert Littell Hardcover. $ Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Ships from and sold by Apple Orchard Books. $ shipping. A award-winning, psychological post-Cold War novel—adapted as a TNT series starring Sean Bean—Legends is the next blockbuster spy novel from Robert Littell. Martin Odum is a onetime CIA field agent turned private detective in Brooklyn, struggling his way through a labyrinth of memories and past identities—"legends" in Agency parlance.
Robert Littell is the undisputed master of American spy fiction, hailed for his profound grasp of the world of international espionage. His previous novel, The Company, an international bestseller, was praised as "one of the best spy novels ever written" (Chicago Tribune). For his new novel, Legends, Littell focuses on the life of one agent caught in a "wilderness of mirrors" where both remembering and forgetting his past are deadly options. I'm happy to report that Legends is Littell in top form: not only is it a gripping thriller with plenty of action, a realistic love story, and juicy tidbits of spycraft, it's also an intriguing character study of a man with multiple identities—legends, as they're called. A "legend" is a covert agent's back story and the book's main character has more than one incredibly layered and convincing persona. Indeed one of them is compelling enough on its own to warrant reading the novel. The plot takes place largely in the 90's and involves Cold War, oligarch and militant Muslim threats.
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