Robert Littell





Robert Littell

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born
January 08, 1935 in New York City, The United States

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An American author residing in France. He specializes in spy novels that often concern the CIA and the Soviet Union. He became a journalist and worked many years for Newsweek during the Cold War. He's also an amateur mountain climber and is the father of award-winning novelist Jonathan Littell.


Average rating: 3.87 · 2,522 ratings · 337 reviews · 34 distinct works
The Company
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions
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Legends
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions
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The Amateur
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions
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The Stalin Epigram
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions
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The Once and Future Spy
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions
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The Defection of A.J. Lewinter
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1973 — 11 editions
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The Sisters
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions
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Vicious Circle
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions
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Walking Back the Cat
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 65 ratings7 editions
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AN Agent in Place
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 50 ratings4 editions
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“I am a bookworm. For play, I bury myself in the corners of libraries and read.”
Robert Littell

“The difference between and amateur and a professional.. a professional believes if a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well. An amateur believes if a job is worth doing, it very well may be worth doing badly.”
Robert Littell, The Amateur

“Cole was meticulous to a fault; office scuttlebut had it that he never went out in public without first having his shoelaces ironed.”
Robert Littell, The Amateur

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