CIA---The Company, Littell
Auto Channel -- Robert Gordon, Co-Publisher presents a satellite media tour FROM THE COLD WAR TO AFGHANISTAN, ROBERT LITTELL ON THE BIGGEST SPY NOVEL EVER WRITTEN WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002/11:00 AM-1:00 PM EASTERN TIME WHO: Former Newsweek journalist and best-selling author Robert Littell, whom the New York Times has dubbed “The American LeCarre,” has written his 13th spy thriller, THE COMPANY: A NOVEL OF THE CIA, which has hit just about every bestseller list in the nation, within a week on sale. In this career-capping, globe-spanning novel, Littell has written a mesmerizing, sharply-detailed epic that captures the life and death struggle of an entire generation of CIA operatives during a long Cold War. WHAT: Littell does for the CIA – and the spies they plant around us – what Mario Puzo did for the Mafia. THE COMPANY is virtually a history of the U.S. for the past 50 years, as seen through the dark lens of the CIA, its members, and their families. Littell’s novels may mix fact with fiction, but his well-researched revelations on the CIA are real, shocking and indelible. Among his dazzling details: n Terrible CIA secrets concerning the Bay of Pigs, Afghanistan, the Cold War, the Gorbachev putsch, etc.; n Intrigue involving the Kennedy brothers, a bumbling Reagan, and such questionable Russian leaders as Vladimir Putin; n How U.S. spies – mingling with presidents, popes, and “us” – have changed the course of world history; n The CIA’s good – and bad – fights against foreign enemies: justifying assassinations, covert wars, kidnappings and the toppling of legitimate governments; n The modus operandi of CIA allies and rivals, such as the British M16, the Soviet KGB, and the Israeli Mossad; n The treacherous techniques of CIA moles and counterspies; n How this profession affects generations of families. How Afghanistan happened and the treachery of a Robert Hanssen turncoat is all addressed in this novel, as well. Littell is a knowledgeable expert on the CIA and its doings over the past 50 years. TO BOOK AN INTERVIEW, CONTACT DAVID SANDS @ 323-930-5839/DSANDS@ONTHESCENE.COM Online Newsroom, Additional Information: http://wrtsun03.wrtech.com/secure/plsql/pr201v2?coin=3204 From: ON THE SCENE PRODUCTIONS, INC. Web Site: http://www.onthescene.com Reply: mailto:dsands@onthescene.com Telephone: 323-930-5839 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Please use Reply button for address updates or other changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------