The Amateur - Softcover

One of the best . . . a thoroughly professional and surprise-filled work. ("Los Angeles Times")

A taut, chilling plot and a protagonist as memorable as one of Len Deighton's, or le Carr?'s Smiley. ("The New York Times Book Review")

A first rate thriller . . . Littell is a terrific writer. ("Chicago Tribune")

A taut, chilling plot and a protagonist as memorable as one of Len DeightonAEs, or le CarrTAEs Smiley. ("The New York Times Book Review")

One of the best . . . a thoroughly professional and surprise-filled work. ("Los Angeles Times")

A republication of a long-unavailable earlier work follows the personal vendetta of cryptographer Charlie Heller against those responsible for murdering his fiancée, an endeavor that pits him against the CIA and takes him behind the Iron Curtain. Reprint.