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The Amateur
The Amateur
Author: Robert Littell
A spy thriller classic from the author of The Company — Before Robert Littell vaulted onto the bestseller lists with The Company, The Amateur, which has been long out of print, established him as a contemporary master of the espionage thriller. In this sleek and murderous novel, Charlie Heller is an ace cryptographer for the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780143038146
ISBN-10: 0143038141
Publication Date: 7/31/2007
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
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4.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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"Ace cryptographer Charlie Heller was a quiet man. A company man. But when terrorists shot his fiancee in cold blood, his life took an abrupt turn. He was not a blackmailer, but he would force the CIA's hand. He was not an assassin, but he would penetrate the Iron Curtain and enter Czechoslavakia with intent to kill. Driven by an obsessive need for revenge, targeted for elimination by the CIA itself, his chancew of success were one in a million. In a world of professional killers, he was ... (dun-dun-dun) The Amateur."
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Charlie Heller works for the CIA as one their best cryptographers. During a terrorists situation, his fiance is killed. Charlie now must find out who killed her and avenger her! Great short spy thriller! Quick read. There was never a slow part of the book. One of the best revenge tales I've read. Now I want to read more of Littell's work!
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interesting international thriller


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