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

 

 

Reviews


The New Yorker
Books Briefly Noted
"An Ordinary Spy"
January 21, 2008


The Washington Times
"Multiple Layers of Mystery, Intrigue"
January 6, 2008
by John Weisman


New York Sun
"Spies Like Us"
January 16, 2008
by Andrew Stuttaford


The Chicago Tribune
"Not-So-Ordinary Tale"
January 12, 2008
by Alan Cheuse


The New York Times
"The Spy in the Gray Flannel Suit"
December 30, 2007
by Mark Costello


Booklist
November 1, 2007
by Thomas Gaughan


Publisher's Weekly
October 1, 2007


Ain't It Cool News
September 12, 2007
by Frank Bascombe

 

 


 

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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