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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143127403
ISBN-139780143127406
eBay Product ID (ePID)201646985
Product Key Features
Book TitleLegends
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicPsychological, Thrillers / Espionage, Thrillers / General, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
GenreFiction
AuthorRobert Littell
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Now and then novels come along of such originality and power that they blow me away. .. .[Legends] makes it blazingly clear that Littell's is one of the most talented, most original voices in American fiction today." -The Washington Post " Legends solidifies Mr. Littell's position among the pantheon of great espionage writers." - Otto Penzler, The New York Sun "Robert Littell's convincing spy story is brimming with great characters." - New York Post
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813.54
Edition DescriptionMedia tie-in
SynopsisNow a TNT series starring Sean Bean, from the producers of"24" and"Homeland" Martin Odum is a one-time 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? Widely considered one of the true grand masters of American spy fiction, 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.", Now a TNT series starring Sean Bean, from the producers of 24 and Homeland Martin Odum is a one-time 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? Widely considered one of the true grand masters of American spy fiction, 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.