An Ordinary Spy
by Joseph Weisberg
288 pages
(2008, Bloomsbury USA)

 

 

In The News


Newsweek
"Lowering Expectations:
Two new books lay bare enduring myths about the CIA"
February 20, 2008
by Evan Thomas


The Atlantic
"Superior Genre Fiction: An Ordinary Spy"
March 3, 2008
by James Fallows


The New York Times
"On Language: Redact This"
September 9, 2007
by William Safire


 


 

Praise for An Ordinary Spy:


"Great read, stunningly realistic."
— Ted Price, former Deputy Director for Operations, CIA


"[A] beautiful new novel… surely the best portrait of the working C.I.A. we have had in many years."
— Mark Costello, New York Times Book Review


"A well-wrought, beautifully crafted, incisive book about the huge emotional and psychological tolls the craft of spying can take from those who practice it

—John Weisman, Washington Times

 

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