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Martin odum, disgraced cia field agent turned private detective in crown heights, brooklyn, is struggling his way through a labyrinth of memories of past identitieslegends in cia parlance. For his new novel, legends, littell focuses on the life of one great agent caught in a wilderness of mirrors where both remembering and forgetting his past are deadly options. But few know what these enigmatic and extremely dangerous operatives do. A newsweek journalist in a previous incarnation, littell has been writing about the soviet union and russians since his first novel, the espionage classic the defection of a. Lewinter tells the story of an insignificant american scientist whose defection to the soviet union becomes a terrifying. In 1956 littell graduated from the alfred university. This is the story of martin odum, a onetime cia field agent, now a discharged spy turned private detective in crown heights, brooklyn, struggling through a labyrinth of memories of past identities legends in cia parlance. Robert littell books list of books by author robert littell.
Littell also brilliantly lays bare the warring within the company to add another dimension to the spy vs. Soon, wellmeaning teachers endeavor to reform him, a rodeo attempts to turn him into an act, and nearly everyone he meets tries to take control of his life. Aug 28, 2014 robert littell is the master of the spy genre in the case of legends, perhaps the correct word is spies, though as youll see, perhaps not. Robert littell born january 8, 1935 is an american novelist and former journalist who resides in france. In legends, littell keeps the reader guessing about what is actually going on by keeping his hero, martin odum, from knowing exactly what is going on. These men like different foods, speak different languages, have different skills. He was previously married to anita blaine damrosch. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors established fictional worlds. In 20, he even returned to the shamus game with a nasty piece of work, which introduced former cia agent lemuel gunn. Written by robert littell, audiobook narrated by grover gardner. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. New short novels by the masters of modern fantasy is a 2003 collection of 11 short stories by a number of fantasy authors, edited by robert silverberg. Littells position among the pantheon of great espionage writers.
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