The Sisters: A Novel of Betrayal

The Sisters: A Novel of Betrayal

by RobertLittell (Author)

Synopsis

A world-class spy story from the master of the genre With the publication of his New York Times bestseller The Company, Robert Littell re-established his position as one of our top writers of intelligent, ironic, and always entertaining espionage thrillers. After many years The Sisters, a cult classic among espionage aficionados is finally available again as Duckworth republishes this classic spy story by Littell, whose most recent novel The Company received widespread acclaim. In the book Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York Times called 'the plot of plots,' Robert Littell has created the CIA 'legends' Francis and Carroll, dubbed 'The sisters Death and Night' by their cohorts. But few know what these enigmatic and extremely dangerous operatives do. They plot - and they're plotting the perfect crime. They've located the perfect pawn - the Potter, the exiled ex-head of the KGB sleeper school - and, with artful deception, the Sisters coerce him into betraying his last and best sleeper, the man he considers his son. Once awakened, this sleeper, an assassin living secretly in the U.S., will launch a mission of death - unless the Potter, in a desperate race against time, can stop his protege from committing the Sisters' perfect and world-shattering crime.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Published: 17 Nov 2005

ISBN 10: 0715633813
ISBN 13: 9780715633816

Media Reviews
'Excellent...As good as thriller writing gets...First-class entertainment.' - The Washington Post
Author Bio
Robert Littell is the author of 14 novels, published in 12 languages around the world. As well as The Defection of A.J. Lewinter, they include The October Circle, Mother Russia, The Amateur (which was made into a feature film), The Once and Future Spy, An Agent in Place, The Visiting Professor and Walking Back the Cat. His most recent, The Company, was a New York Times bestseller. Littell is a former Newsweek journalist. Littell is an American who lives in France.