Description
A riveting thriller about an ordinary man's quest for extraordinary vengeance
Charlie Heller is a cryptographer not a spy, let alone an assassin. But the murder of his fiancee and the failure of the CIA to follow up on the case makes everything different. Heller uses his contacts to get behind the Iron Curtain himself and to pursue the three men who killed her.
The Amateur is a richly enjoyable thriller. Heller is a total amateur. He is very clever but he has no idea about spy-craft and no sense of what the real stakes are. But as a total amateur with no knowledge of the rules of the game, perhaps he can almost accidentally outwit his enemies, both in the Warsaw Pact and in the CIA itself?
About the Author
Robert Littell was born in Brooklyn in 1935. He is the author of a group of novels set during the Cold War and its aftermath. He is best known for his books The Company (2002) and The Amateur (1981), which has twice been filmed, in 1995 and 2025, the latter film starring Rami Malik and Laurence Fishburne. His most recent novel is A Plague on Both Your Houses (2024).
Book Information
ISBN 9780241798720
Author Robert Littell
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Series Penguin Modern Classics - Crime & Espionage
Weight(grams) 214g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 128mm * 17mm
