Body of Lies
A tale of counterterrorism from an author who "ranks with Graham Greene in his knowledge of espionage and the human heart" (Publishers Weekly).
A tale of counterterrorism from an author who "ranks with Graham Greene in his knowledge of espionage and the human heart" (Publishers Weekly).
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393065039 (0393065030)
Publish date: April 16th 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 349
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense
Good story line. Just a personal quirk of not liking that some innocent characters were expendable -- the justifiable means towards an greater end, but that is just the nature of espionage and black ops. I didn't know that it had been made into a movie (and have clearly not seen it), but having read...
I was first attracted to this book because it involved the relationship between Jordanian Intelligence and the CIA. Since there had been a recent story in the news about several CIA agents who were killed by an operative who came from Jordanian Intelligence, I thought perhaps this novel may have pr...