The Company : A Novel of the CIA.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Littell, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence officers--Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (742 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Company

Place of Publication:

2022.

New York, NY : Abrams, Inc., 2020.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Intro

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

INTERLUDE: THE CALABRIAN

PRELUDE: THE ANATOMY OF AN EXFILTRATION

PART ONE: PRIMING THE GUN

1: NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1950

2: MOSCOW, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1950

3: FRANKFURT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1951

4: BERLIN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1951

5: BERLIN, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1951

6: WASHINGTON, DC, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1951

7: WASHINGTON, DC, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1951

8: HEIDELBERG, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1951

9: BERLIN, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1951

10: BERLIN, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1951

11: FRANKFURT, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1951

12: FRANKFURT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1951

13: BERLIN, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1951

14: ARLINGTON, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1951

15: GETTYSBURG, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1951

16: WASHINGTON, DC, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1951

17: BERLIN, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1951

18: CHERYOMUSKI, MOSCOW DISTRICT, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1951

PART TWO: THE END OF INNOCENCE

1: MOSCOW, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1956

2: NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1956

3: BUDAPEST, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1956

4: WASHINGTON, DC, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1956

5: BUDAPEST, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1956

6: VIENNA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1956

7: BUDAPEST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1956

8: WASHINGTON, DC, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1956

9: BUDAPEST, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1956

10: VIENNA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1956

11: BUDAPEST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1956

12: WASHINGTON, DC, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1956

PART THREE: VICIOUS CIRCLES

1: WASHINGTON, DC, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1960

2: NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1960

3: PALM BEACH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1961

4: WASHINGTON, DC, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1961

5: WASHINGTON, DC, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1961

6: BLUE BEACH, THE BAY OF PIGS, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1961

7: WASHINGTON, DC, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1961

PART FOUR: SLEEPING DOGS.

1: CHERYOMUSKI, MOSCOW DISTRICT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1974

2: WASHINGTON, DC, SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1974

3: WASHINGTON, DC, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1974

4: MOSCOW, SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1974

5: WASHINGTON, DC, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1974

6: WASHINGTON, DC, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1974

7: EN ROUTE TO THE SOVIET UNION, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1974

8: WASHINGTON, DC, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1974

9: SANTA FE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1974

10: WASHINGTON, DC, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974

CIVITAVECCHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978

PART FIVE: BLIND ALLEY

1: PESHAWAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1983

2: WASHINGTON, DC, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1983

3: SOMEWHERE IN AFGHANISTAN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1983

4: WASHINGTON, DC, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1983

5: CHERYOMUSKI, MOSCOW DISTRICT, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1983

6: YATHRIB, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1983

PART SIX: DEAD RECKONING

1: MOSCOW, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1991

2: PERKHUSHOVO, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1991

3: BASEL, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1991

4: DRESDEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1991

5: NEAR FOROS ON THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1991

POSTLUDE: THE ANATOMY OF AN INFILTRATION

VIENNA, VIRGINIA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1995.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781683359210

1683359216

OCLC:

1202449531