The Amateur by Robert Littell - ISBN: 9780241798720
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Ordinary man becomes unlikely assassin for ultimate revenge.
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    288 pages

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    20 October 2026

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Summary

A riveting thriller about an ordinary man’s quest for extraordinary vengeance.

Charlie Heller is a CIA cryptographer, a quiet man in a back-room job. He’s not a spy, let alone an assassin. But when his beloved fiancée is murdered by terrorists and his employers refuse to pursue her killers, Heller decides to take matters into his own hands. Pursuing the culprits all the way behind the Iron Curtain, he is playing a dangerous game and doesn’t know the rules. But even an amateur can outw…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241798720
ISBN-10:0241798728
Author:Robert Littell
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:20 October 2026
Weight:214g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 17mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage
About The Author

Robert Littell

Robert Littell was born in Brooklyn in 1935. He is the author of a group of novels set during the Cold War and its aftermath. He is best known for his books The Company (2002) and The Amateur (1981), which has twice been filmed, in 1995 and 2025, the latter film starring Rami Malik and Laurence Fishburne. His most recent novel is A Plague on Both Your Houses (2024).

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