FICTION
THE COMPANY
WALKING BACK THE CAT
THE VISITING PROFESSOR
AN AGENT IN PLACE
THE ONCE AND FUTURE SPY
THE REVOLUTIONIST
THE SISTERS
THE AMATEUR
THE DEBRIEFING
MOTHER RUSSIA
THE OCTOBER CIRCLE
SWEET REASON
THE DEFECTION OF A. J. LEWINTER
NON-FICTION
FOR THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL
(with Shimon Peres)
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental … the same is true for events.
First published in the United States in 2005 by
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“All names are pseudonyms. ”
—ROMAIN GARY (writing under the pen name Emile Ajar)
“…. one of those individuals with multiple faces—like so many of the great spies of Cold War mythology—who invariably turn out to be different from who they seem and, when we think we have located them at the center of a great riddle, show up as part of another, even greater riddle …”
—BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY,
Contents
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1993: THE CONDEMNED MAN CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF THE ELEPHANT
1997: MARTIN ODUM HAS A CHANGE OF HEART
1994: MARTIN ODUM GETS ON WITH HIS LIVES
1997: MARTIN ODUM DISCOVERS THAT NOT MUCH IS SACRED
1997: MINH SLEEPWALKS THROUGH ONE-NIGHT STANDS
1997: OSKAR ALEXANDROVICH KASTNER DISCOVERS THE WEIGHT OF A CIGARETTE
1987: DANTE PIPPEN BECOMES AN IRA BOMBER
1989: DANTE PIPPEN SEES THE MILKY WAY IN A NEW LIGHT
1997: MARTIN ODUM DISCOVERS THAT
1997: MARTIN ODUM MEETS A BORN-AGAIN OPPORTUNIST
1997: MARTIN ODUM PLAYS INNOCENT
1994: THE ONLY FODDER WAS CANNON FODDER
1990: LINCOLN DITTMANN TAKES ON A LIFE OF HIS OWN
1991: LINCOLN DITTMANN WORKS THE ANGLES OF THE TRIANGLE
1997: MARTIN ODUM IS MESMERIZED TO TEARS
1997: MARTIN ODUM IS ACCUSED OF HIGH
1997: MARTIN ODUM REACHES NO-WOMAN’S LAND
1994: LINCOLN DITTMANN SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT
1994: BERNICE TREFFLER LOSES A PATIENT
1997: MARTIN ODUM DISCOVERS THE KATOVSKY GAMBIT
1992: HOW LINCOLN DITTMANN CAME TO GO TO LANGUAGE SCHOOL
1997: MARTIN ODUM GETS TO INSPECT THE SIBERIAN NIGHT MOTH
1997: MARTIN ODUM GETS THE
1997: LINCOLN DITTMANN CONNECTS THE DOTS
1997: LINCOLN DITTMANN FEELS THE RECOIL IN HIS SHOULDER BLADES
1997: CRYSTAL QUEST COMES TO BELIEVE IN DANTE’S TRINITY
1993: THE CONDEMNED MAN CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF THE ELEPHANT