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The Company: A Novel of the CIA [Unabridged] (Paperback)

by Robert Littell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 500 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books; Unabridged edition (4 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330372890
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330372893
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.1 x 6.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,317 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'The American le Carre' New York Times; 'If Robert Littell didn't invent the American Spy novel, he should have' Tom Clancy

Economist Friday 16th August 2002
There are few good books about the CIA. . . Mr Littell has aimed magnificently high --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Company - Outstanding, 29 April 2003
The size of this book, 1283 pages to be exact, is at first daunting. However, I was addicted after the first page. The plot is so complex, dramatic and exciting that I didnt want it to end. The fictious plot uses various historical cold war events and personalities in such a clever manner that I felt as if I were reading an actual account of the CIA. Littel is so clever at having centered his four main characters around momentous events in Cold war history, that you end up thinking if he himself is/were a CIA agent and this is his autobiography.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys edge-of-your-seat cold war thrillers. I have read many cold war novels and none of them compare to this book. This is the book that everyone is talking about, and don't be put off by its size, its worth savouring every page!!!!!!!!!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Walk the distance, it is worth it, 13 Sep 2004
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This review is from: The Company (Hardcover)
"The Company" has been out for a while, but I have only just come round to reading it. I found it hard to put down, once I read the first 50 pages or so. But then I had to because the book's length makes it difficult to read it in one go.
As with all historical novels you always wonder how close they are based on reality. Characters like Jim Angleton and the Sorcerer/Harvey Torriti (presumably Bill Harvey) should be straight out of reality. On the other hand, you wouldn't mind it to be pure fiction after you discover that one of rising stars in the CIA was discovered to be working for the other side - thirty years after he was hired.
Generally, the book doesn't follow history too closely, but what does one expect. It is a novel. Besides, if Robert Littell had included all the battlegrounds between the CIA and the KGB, this book would come in several volumes.
I don't have any favorite episodes. I loved the whole book. It is great that there are some good spy novels coming out of America.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Ever (OK maybe not the best ever but mighty good), 15 Feb 2007
Brilliant from start to finish. Forget about writing styles, terminology, cliches, for pure entertainment value I haven't read one to beat it. Makes you feel like your 10 years old reading about the bad Russians. Some brill characters and very exciting stories.

Well worth a read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The American le Carré
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Company - Fiction served on a layer of fact makes for a thrilling read
The Company is easily one of the very best novels I have ever read.

It follows the careers of several recruits to the newly-formed CIA from their first days in... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece in espionage writing
Everything about The Company is on a massive scale. The story spans almost 50 years in the history of the CIA; global history and politics of the time are the backdrop to the... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked 'The Good Shepherd' then read this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best
I found the movement of the plot very well-maintained, and the characters engaging. This is not a book for philosphers or thinkers. This is, simply put, a fun read. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Introduction to History by fiction
Great book if you know little about the CIA and want to follow its development from creation till pre-9/11 events. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2006

3.0 out of 5 stars Cracking story, clunky writing.
The Company is the first, and so far only, spy/espionage novel I have read, and overall it was enjoyable. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2005 by M. Denton

3.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining but it's all been done before
Littell tells a lightly-fictionalised tale of the history of the CIA, in much the same way that Norman Mailer did in "Harlot's Ghost" although covering a rather broader spell of... Read more
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