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The New York Times has called Robert Littell "the American Le Carre," and his terrific new thriller shows why. A KGB contract killer nicknamed Parsifal, living in New Mexico as a dealer in rare guns, is suddenly called back into action by his old controller and ordered to remove a Russian defector and several leaders of the Apache tribe who run a gambling casino. Parsifal links up with a burned-out Gulf War vet named Finn to find out why--after years of inactivity--the KGB has turned itself back into an oddly motivated killing machine. The results are well up to Littell's high standards of intelligence and excitement.
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In the delightful, surprising Cat, which is of a piece with Littell's other fine thrillers (e.g., The Defection of A.J. Lewinter), "Parsifal," a Soviet mole, discovers that he no longer carries out his "wet work" (contract killing) for the KGB but for an unknown party who is using a New Mexico casino run by "all that's left on earth of the Suma Apaches, the smallest Indian tribe in America, living on the smallest Indian reservation in America" to launder money. Parsifal joins forces with his final intended victim, a Gulf War dropout named Finn. Together they "walk back the cat," retracing the chain of command between Parsifal and the hidden executive who ordered Finn's execution. The wholly unexpected finale involves Parsifal and Finn, a bunch of rogue CIA agents, some very determined Apaches, and a hot-air balloon. Very funny and very good.?David Keymer, California State Univ., Stanislaus
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The agent known by the code name Parsifal discovered the message, printed in a child's scrawl of large block letters, inside the wrapper of his local newsletter. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
The agent known by the code name Parsifal discovered the message, printed in a child's scrawl of large block letters, inside the wrapper of his local newsletter. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
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