The amateur [electronic resource] : a novel / Robert Littell.
"A taut, chilling plot and a protagonist as memorable as one of Len Deighton's, or le Carre's George Smiley." In a world of professionals, Charlie Heller is the Amateur and he's at the center of a chillingly engrossing tale of espionage and intrigue, written by master-of-the-genre Robert Littell. In this "first-rate thriller" (Chicago Tribune), Charlie Heller is an ace cryptographer for the Company. He's a quiet man with a quiet job in a back office. But when terrorists shoot his fian�ce in cold blood and Heller learns that the Agency has decided not to pursue them, his force the CIA's hand. He was not an assassin but he will penetrate the Iron Curtain with the intent to kill. Driven by an obsessive need for revenge, targeted for elimination by the CIA itself, his chances of success are one in a million. In a world of professional killers, Charlie Heller is the Amateur.
Record details
- Publisher: [Beverly Hills, CA] : Phoenix Books, 2003.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 8:32:53. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Scott Brick. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 122866 KB; MP3 file size: 240960 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Cryptographers > Fiction. Revenge > Fiction. |
Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Spy stories. Audiobooks. |