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Book Review of The Amateur

The Amateur
The Amateur
Author: Robert Littell
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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"Ace cryptographer Charlie Heller was a quiet man. A company man. But when terrorists shot his fiancee in cold blood, his life took an abrupt turn. He was not a blackmailer, but he would force the CIA's hand. He was not an assassin, but he would penetrate the Iron Curtain and enter Czechoslavakia with intent to kill. Driven by an obsessive need for revenge, targeted for elimination by the CIA itself, his chancew of success were one in a million. In a world of professional killers, he was ... (dun-dun-dun) The Amateur."