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Legends

Robert Littell

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#2067 of 8,085 books · #683 in Crime & Thriller

Won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (2005).

Martin Odum is a onetime CIA field agent turned private detective in Brooklyn, struggling his way through a labyrinth of memories and past identities—"legends" in Agency parlance. But who is Martin Odum? Is he a creation of the Legend Committee at the CIA's Langley headquarters? Is he suffering from multiple personality disorder, brainwashing, or simply exhaustion? Robert Littell shifts focus from the broad Cold War canvas of his international bestseller The Company to the life of a single CIA operative caught in a contradictory "wilderness of mirrors" in which remembering the past and forgetting it are both deadly options. From unforgettable opening to astonishing ending, Legends again proves Littell's unparalleled prowess as a seductive storyteller.

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Publisher
Abrams
ISBN-13
9781683359227
Topics
Identity crisisEspionageCIA and intelligence agencies

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