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This realistic New York Times–bestselling epic spy novel captures the thrilling story of CIA agents in the latter half of the Twentieth Century.
The New York Times bestselling spy novel The Company lays bare the history and inner workings of the CIA. This critically acclaimed blockbuster from internationally renowned novelist Robert Littell seamlessly weaves together history and fiction to create a multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic saga of the CIA—known as "the Company" to insiders. Racing across a landscape spanning the legendary Berlin Base of the '50s, the Soviet invasion of Hungary, the Bay of Pigs, Afghanistan, and the Gorbachev putsch, The Company tells the thrilling story of agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable enemy—and each other—in an internecine battle within the Company itself.
"Compulsive reading from start to finish." — The Boston Globe
"Hugely entertaining . . . A serious look at how our nation exercises power. . . . Popular fiction at its finest." — The Washington Post Book World
"As it happens, this longest spy novel ever written turns out to be one of the best." — Chicago Tribune
"Reads like a breeze . . . guaranteed to suck you right back into the Alice-in-Wonderland world of spy vs. spy." — Newsweek
"If Robert Littell didn't invent the American spy novel, he should have." —Tom Clancy
"It's gung-ho, hard-drinking, table-turning fun." — Publishers Weekly
The New York Times bestselling spy novel The Company lays bare the history and inner workings of the CIA. This critically acclaimed blockbuster from internationally renowned novelist Robert Littell seamlessly weaves together history and fiction to create a multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic saga of the CIA—known as "the Company" to insiders. Racing across a landscape spanning the legendary Berlin Base of the '50s, the Soviet invasion of Hungary, the Bay of Pigs, Afghanistan, and the Gorbachev putsch, The Company tells the thrilling story of agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable enemy—and each other—in an internecine battle within the Company itself.
"Compulsive reading from start to finish." — The Boston Globe
"Hugely entertaining . . . A serious look at how our nation exercises power. . . . Popular fiction at its finest." — The Washington Post Book World
"As it happens, this longest spy novel ever written turns out to be one of the best." — Chicago Tribune
"Reads like a breeze . . . guaranteed to suck you right back into the Alice-in-Wonderland world of spy vs. spy." — Newsweek
"If Robert Littell didn't invent the American spy novel, he should have." —Tom Clancy
"It's gung-ho, hard-drinking, table-turning fun." — Publishers Weekly
This realistic New York Times–bestselling epic spy novel captures the thrilling story of CIA agents in the latter half of the Twentieth Century.
The New York Times bestselling spy novel The Company lays bare the history and inner workings of the CIA. This critically acclaimed blockbuster from in...
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February 27, 2023
better than Le Carre
About the author
Robert Littell was born, raised, and educated in New York. A former Newsweek editor specializing in Soviet Affairs, he left journalism in 1970 to write fiction full time. He has been writing about the Soviet Union and Russians since his first novel, the espionage classic The Defection of A.J. Lewinter. He is the author of 18 novels, including the critically acclaimed The Debriefing, The Sisters, The Once and Future Spy, the New York Times bestselling The Company, and Legends.
Robert Littell was born, raised, and educated in New York. A former Newsweek editor specializing in Soviet Affairs, he left journalism in 1970 to write fiction full time. He has been writing about the Soviet Union and Russians since his first novel, the espionage classic The Defection of A.J. Lew...
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