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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.
A first rate thriller . . . Littell is a terrific writer. ( Chicago Tribune)

A taut, chilling plot and a protagonist as memorable as one of Len DeightonÆs, or le CarrTÆs Smiley. ( The New York Times Book Review)

One of the best . . . a thoroughly professional and surprise-filled work. ( Los Angeles Times)
Robert Littell was born, raised, and educated in New York. A former Newsweek editor specializing in Soviet affairs, he left journalism in 1970 to write fiction full time. Connoisseurs of the spy novel have elevated Robert Littell to the genre's highest ranks, and Tom Clancy wrote that “if Robert Littell didn’t invent the spy novel, he should have.” He is the author of fifteen novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Company and Legends, the 2005 L.A. Times Book Award for Best Thriller/Mystery. He currently lives in France.
Penguin Books; Reprint edition (July 31, 2007)
#1,736,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2004
I have been on a Robert Littell reading binge lately and have become quite a fan. He ranks right up there with John le Carre, Ken Follett and Len Deighton when it comes to well written, original, intelligent espionage thrillers. I also enjoy Littell's use of irony and his... See more
I have been on a Robert Littell reading binge lately and have become quite a fan. He ranks right up there with John le Carre, Ken Follett and Len Deighton when it comes to well written, original, intelligent espionage thrillers. I also enjoy Littell's use of irony and his dry sense of humor.
Charlie Heller is a quiet, unassuming man with a quiet, unassuming job in a back office of a large corporation. He is a crack cryptographer for the CIA - The Company. Since his boyhood he has been fascinated with untangling codes and he considers himself fortunate that he is able to pay the rent by doing a job that he so enjoys. As an added attraction, he gets to use the CIA's super-sophisticated computer, with which he pursues his hobby. Heller is a Shakespeare "denialist" and searches all of the great bard's works trying to find a cryptogram which will reveal their true author. So, with a well paid job, an unusual and most interesting hobby, and the love of a wonderful woman, his beloved fiancee Sarah Diamond, Charlie Heller is a happy man.
Unfortunately, Sarah is brutally murdered by terrorists in a surprise attack at the American Embassy in West Germany. (The novel is set in the 1970s). Charlie, informed of the news by his sympathetic superiors, is bereft. His feelings of loss and subsequent depression are clearly portrayed by Littell, as is the terrible bitterness he feels when he learns that The Company will not pursue the terrorists who committed the crime, even though their identity and location is known. They are behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia. Heller becomes driven by a need for revenge, which his Company psychiatrist notes is "very therapeutic." With his back against the wall, Heller manages to manipulate the masters of manipulation and move toward his goal of assassinating the terrorists responsible for Sarah's death. He is an amateur - "someone who thinks that if something is worth doing, it may be worth doing badly" - working against some of the best people in the field of espionage and assassination. And they all want to take Heller out with extreme prejudice.
This book is a real page turner. I could not put it down. Heller is an extremely well developed character and his motivation and talents are well thought-out and make perfect sense in the storyline. The minor characters are also terrific. His Czech contact is a brilliant addition to the plot and her constant malaprops bring much needed comic relief to many taut, tense situations. If you enjoy this book, you may want to check-out Robert Littell's "The Company." It is another excellent novel. Happy reading.
JANA
Roger J. BuffingtonTop Contributor: Fantasy Books
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Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2007
This is an extremely interesting spy thriller set the the late period of the bad old days of the Cold War. The theme is unusual -- a CIA cryptologist, through events that I will not explain here, is sent across the Czech border for reasons involving revenge. Before all is... See more
This is an extremely interesting spy thriller set the the late period of the bad old days of the Cold War. The theme is unusual -- a CIA cryptologist, through events that I will not explain here, is sent across the Czech border for reasons involving revenge. Before all is said and done, the good guys are also bad guys and vice-versa, and any possible moral message that this novel might have contained is long gone.

Fortunately, the novel is extremely well-written, and every time the reader thinks that he or she knows what is coming, author Littel throws another curve. But because this story is well-told, the reader never becomes confused as so often happens in complicated stories. Additionally, the protagonist is an appealing character who engages the reader.

This is an interesting story and a fast read that those who like spy thrillers will enjoy. The film, by the way, tracks the novel closely and is even better than the novel.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2016
This book is on my top-ten list of best thrillers/spy novels. It's just a good solid story that holds your interest, with a great main character.
I've read it twice.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2012
A good read with characters that seem real and a bit of a twist at the end. The book starts pretty simply and is pretty predictable at the start. But then when you get past the training it picks up the pace, has adventure and romance and surprises. And it all hangs... See more
A good read with characters that seem real and a bit of a twist at the end. The book starts pretty simply and is pretty predictable at the start. But then when you get past the training it picks up the pace, has adventure and romance and surprises. And it all hangs together well and moves quickly until it is over and done with all the loose ends wrapped up.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017
More or less typical Robert Littell - but with a twist. Fun read.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2016
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Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2006
Ugh! Never having heard of the author or his other books, this is the first book I've bought solely on the strength of Amazon's "Recommended for" list. I'm disappointed both by the book itself and by Amazon's flawed ability to suggest books. To be fair, The... See more
Ugh!

Never having heard of the author or his other books, this is the first book I've bought solely on the strength of Amazon's "Recommended for" list. I'm disappointed both by the book itself and by Amazon's flawed ability to suggest books. To be fair, The Amateur has all the elements of thrillers I enjoy: foreign travel, word play, conspiracy theory, a parallel body of knowledge about which the reader can learn while following the main plot. But it's dull. The lines set up to sound world-weary or self-deprecating sound simply smug, depressingly self-satisfied. Heller, the main character, has all the quirky tics of a Spenser or a Reacher, but none of the depth. (Yes, even Parker's Spenser has depth compared to the hero of Littell's yarn.) It' s as though Littell can't be bothered with back-story or background, trying instead to telegraph the results of a life experience with references to "his Mona Lisa smile" and the begging, sniffing, and returning of cigarettes.

Best line: a remembered message home from young Heller miserable at summer camp: "everyone here goes around in twos; I go around in ones."

We do get a brief glimpse into the bizarre, self- aggrandizing, vanity press micro-world of "Shakespeare didn't write those plays." But the self-absorbed and classist men (only men, of course) who burrow away to prove that no one without a title could have produced Shakespeare's canon are ultimately as boring as the rest of the book.

Littell writes good minor characters - Mr Diamond, Uncle Ludvic -- but one can't help wondering if that's because he doesn't need to sustain them. Elizabeth is his best character, the only woman who gets more than a line or two. Toward the end, however, she becomes yet another superficial cipher in the service of Heller's revenge saga.

As for the plot, Littell may deserve a prize for the most sustained series of coincidences in a spy novel. There's virtually nothing else moving things forward -- certainly not the dialogue, which is both tedious and brief.

Over-all judgment? Big yawn. Spend your money on Daniel Silva - great writing, compelling characters, complex plots leading to the heart of varied darknesses and back again.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2014
This is an earlier work of Robert Littell. The main character is very interesting - the plot is good and the story makes for a good read
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Reviewed in Germany on January 6, 2010
Elegantes Englisch, subtiler Humor, straffer Plot. Hat das Zeug zum Klassiker. P.S. Und vergesst die langatmigen Action-/Psycho-/Mystery- und sonstwas-Schwarten, wie sie heute als Thriller-Besteseller feilgeboten werden.
Elegantes Englisch, subtiler Humor, straffer Plot. Hat das Zeug zum Klassiker.

P.S. Und vergesst die langatmigen Action-/Psycho-/Mystery- und sonstwas-Schwarten, wie sie heute als Thriller-Besteseller feilgeboten werden.
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Reviewed in France on November 21, 2009
Un bon Littell. Pas au niveau de The Company, mais pas mal quand même. Une énigme littéraire traverse l'histoire - un peu comme Tolstoï et Lewis Caroll étaient à l'arrière-plan de La Compagnie. Il faut être attentif pour bien comprendre l'histoire dans la version audio...See more
Un bon Littell. Pas au niveau de The Company, mais pas mal quand même. Une énigme littéraire traverse l'histoire - un peu comme Tolstoï et Lewis Caroll étaient à l'arrière-plan de La Compagnie. Il faut être attentif pour bien comprendre l'histoire dans la version audio books.
Un bon Littell. Pas au niveau de The Company, mais pas mal quand même. Une énigme littéraire traverse l'histoire - un peu comme Tolstoï et Lewis Caroll étaient à l'arrière-plan de La Compagnie. Il faut être attentif pour bien comprendre l'histoire dans la version audio books.
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