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The Amateur
by Littell, Robert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671418734
- ISBN 13
- 9780671418731
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. Book. Illus. by One Plus One Studio. Good. Hard Cover Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. First Edition. 8vo. Hard cover, 252 pp. Written by the author of The Debriefing and adapted from Littell's screen play for the 1981 movie The Amateur. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear and some soling. Book is faded on top and bottom edges of boards, cloth spine is soiled on edges, page edges have spotting, and skew to boards. Book has remainder stamp. Pages are clean. A good book in a very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..
Synopsis
A spy thriller classic from the author of The Company Before Robert Littell vaulted onto the bestseller lists with The Company, The Amateur , which has been long out of print, established him as a contemporary master of the espionage thriller. In this sleek and murderous novel, Charlie Heller is an ace cryptographer for the CIA, a quiet man in a quiet back-office job. But when his fiancée is murdered by terrorists and the Agency decides not to pursue her killers, Heller takes matters into his own hands. The fact that he is an amateur makes him all the more dangerous. Mind-blowing in its intelligence, pulse-pounding in its suspense, The Amateur is a stunner.
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- Bookseller
- Respectful Exits
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- KT-B977-12
- Title
- The Amateur
- Author
- Littell, Robert
- Illustrator
- One Plus One Studio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671418734
- ISBN 13
- 9780671418731
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- THRILLER, CIA, CRYPTOLOGY
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- Remainder
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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