The Company

A Novel of the CIA

By: Robert Littell

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Crisis constantly lurks around the corner, monitored by spies who are always with us. In this breathtaking thriller, a spectacular mole hunt is under way, one that involves not just the CIA—"The Company" to insiders—but Mossad, MI6, and the KGB as well.

Robert Littell, master of the espionage novel, has crafted an exciting story of agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an enemy that is amoral, elusive, and formidable. The Company also lays bare a warfare within the CIA itself, adding another dimension to the spy vs. spy game.

©2002 Robert Littell (P)2006 Phoenix Audio

Critic reviews

"It's gung-ho, hard-drinking, table-turning fun." ( Publishers Weekly)

Good book

It was very good enjoyed the suspense and the historical knowledge. Also very good narrator

Good Story

Great if you want the history of the CIA. Detailed and interesting and involved.

Narration good, story complex held my interest

A bit difficult to stay in tune with who is who; but this may the nature of trying to write a story about the CIA. Some bad language however not it fit the character/s and timing when it was used.

Great story, needs slight production tweak

I really enjoyed this audio book with only one recurring problem - no gaps between chapters.

Someone there is no pause between the last sentence of a chapter and the first sentence of the next. ThIs meant that many times in the book two completely different thoughts were slammed together causing me to break my immersion to figure out what was going on.

It took me a good third of the book to figure out what was going on. And the next third of the book to start to get used to it. By the last third I was OK with it although it still was an annoyance. Hopefully by giving you, future reader, a heads up about this issue you can adjust to it earlier and enjoy the now.

Even better, hopefully the production company reads this review and can upload an edited version

Fantastic from start to finish

I come back to this book once a year. Well read and a gripping 'based on real life' story of US / Soviet espionage from the 1950s to the 1990s.