"American scientist A.J. Lewinter has been a cog in the machine for a long time. Stuck studying ceramic nose cones for ballistic missiles, he has spent most of his academic career being overlooked. When he rushes into the Russian Embassy offering to defect, however, he finds himself suddenly in the spotlight, caught in a deadly cat-and-mouse game between the Soviet Union and the United States. On the Soviet side, Moscow's most powerful are hoarding resources, leaving the people hungry. In the US, public support is waning as ...
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"American scientist A.J. Lewinter has been a cog in the machine for a long time. Stuck studying ceramic nose cones for ballistic missiles, he has spent most of his academic career being overlooked. When he rushes into the Russian Embassy offering to defect, however, he finds himself suddenly in the spotlight, caught in a deadly cat-and-mouse game between the Soviet Union and the United States. On the Soviet side, Moscow's most powerful are hoarding resources, leaving the people hungry. In the US, public support is waning as more and more Americans protest the war. The deadlock has to end, but nobody wants to be the first to pull the trigger. Lewinter's appearance is a wild card and neither the KGB nor the CIA knows what to expect from him, but both sides know this-if he's telling the truth, his information could be the turning point of the Cold War. A darkly funny spy thriller that cemented longtime navy officer and foreign correspondent Robert Littell as one of the most brilliant voices of espionage fiction, The Defection of A.J. Lewinter is a shockingly prescient portrayal of international politics"--
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Very Good in Good dustjacket. The book is very good+ and clean except for light foxing on the outer page edges. The dustjacket is nice except for a 2-inch closed tear. Original price intact on the flap.; 8vo; 230 pages.
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