David MacAllister was the CIA's golden boy, itstil his arrest. Dragged through the mind-bending torture chambers of the infamous Lubyanka, he is convicted of espionage and then set free. Now, both... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book was left in my building's laundry room (you know - share a book) and I took it with me on vacation as a backup in case I finished or got bored of my "main" book, as its description sounded only mildly interesting (but I was leaving the next day and had to take something with me). Out of curiosity I started reading it shortly after arrival, and I quickly got caught up in it, much to my surprise and delight. I finished the book 5 days later! I have to admit I'm a neophyte when it comes to this genre of cold-war novels, but I really loved this book. It kept me surprised and wondering right up to the very last page (no kidding). As for a few details that might be a little unbelievable, I'm all for the suspension-of-disbelief thing, so long as I'm not having to do that a lot. This book was fine as far as that went.
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