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Автор Роберт Литтелл

Also by Robert Littell

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

The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc.

Woodstock & New York

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Copyright © 2005 by Robert Littell

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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast.

ISBN 978-1-59020-832-8

For my muses:

Marie-Dominique and Victoria

“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, Who Killed Daniel Pearl?

Contents

Also by Robert Littell

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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 SHAMUS IS A YIDDISH WORD

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 AND LOW TREASON

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 GET

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