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Title

The Tourist

ISBN

9780007310111

Author

by Olen Steinhauer

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint

HarperCollins

Publication Date

13 March 2009

Format

EPUB

Reading Options

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Number of Pages

416

Filesize

415.8 KB

Interest Age

14+ years ^(14-99)

Edition

ePub edition

Language

NBS Text

Crime, Thriller & Adventure

ONIX Text

General/trade

Reviews

Praise for 'The Tourist':
        'A first class spy novel - wry, intelligent, layered... the kind of thing John le Carre might have written if he knew then what we know now' Lee Child
        Praise for 'Victory Square':
        'Well-plotted series... currents of rebellion and pro-democracy fervor sizzle in the air and this story catches all the danger and excitement of the historic moment' New York Times
        'His people are real, the crimes genuine, and he is telling larger truths about that era, making it unusually accessible' LA Times
        'If you haven't yet discovered this gem of a series, I can't recommend them enough' The National Review
        Praise for 'The Istanbul Variations':
        'Great stuff.' Observer
        Praise for 'The Vienna Assignment':
        'Fascinating...clever...a beautifully written spy thriller.' Guardian
        'Steinhauer has carved a niche for his well-researched Cold War thrillers....vividly captures the atmosphere and the mood of the time, with credible characters and impressive detail.' Sunday Telegraph

Praise for 'The Tourist': 'A first class spy novel - wry, intelligent, layered... the kind of thing John le Carre might have written if he knew then what we know now' Lee Child Prais...

In his latest thriller, Steinhauer (Victory Square, 2007, etc.) ventures into the darkest corners of the CIA and finds the place full of antiheroes.Milo Weaver is a CIA legend, a member in terrific standing of an elite undercover operation known as the Tourists, until, inevitably - no one ever stays a Tourist forever - he runs out of courage. This happens on the streets of Venice during a shootout. He takes a couple of bullets in the chest, survives and recovers and, subsequently, elects to burrow into the bureaucracy. Soon he's spending most of his time jockeying a desk at CIA headquarters in New York. He has a wife and daughter that he adores, and he is content indeed to have come in from the cold. But then, six years later, on a day much like any other, there's the life-altering phone call. It's from his boss, about the Tiger, with whom Milo has long had a special, peculiarly respectful relationship. Ferocious as the animal he's nicknamed for, the Tiger is also maddeningly elusive, but now he seems to be languishing in jail, caught by a small-town sheriff. Milo is dispatched to identify him. And so it begins anew - the perilous, labyrinthine journey replete with unforeseen way stations and a multiplicity of secret agendas, all of them dark, many of them potentially lethal. Milo will find himself a murder suspect. His family will be endangered. Implacable enemies will pursue him, and friends will betray him. In the end,  a strand of Tourist philosophy  will seem to apply - that hope is counterproductive, an illusion. But maybe, just maybe, he'll hope anyway.A little too talky, a little too convoluted to rank among Steinhauer's very best. Still, only le Carre can make a spy as interesting. (Kirkus Reviews)

Author Biography

Olen Steinhauer was raised in Texas and now lives in Budapest, Hungary. He was inspired to write his Eastern European series while on a Fulbright Scholarship in Romania. His first four novels have been nominated for many awards, including the CWA Historical Dagger and an Edgar, and have been critically acclaimed.

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