Author

Publication

2016 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

68,250 words, Guess

Page Count

273 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Better World BooksW6-AJE-298
  • Better World Books9780374210458
  • Better World BooksO7-DDX-802
  • Open LibraryOL27209959M

Classifications

  • DDC327.12092
  • DDCB
  • LCCE901.1.L48 M45 2016
and 1 more
  • LCCE901.1.L48M45 2016

Description

"A real-life thriller about a CIA contractor who vanished in Iran and the international manhunt to find him"-- "In late 2013, Americans were shocked to learn that a former FBI agent turned private investigator who disappeared in Iran in 2007 was there on a mission for the CIA. The missing man, Robert Levinson, appeared in pictures dressed like a Guantánamo prisoner and pleaded in a video for help from the United States. Barry Meier, an award-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, draws on years of interviews and never-before-disclosed CIA files to weave together a riveting narrative of the ex-agent's journey to Iran and the hunt to rescue him. The result is an extraordinary tale about the shadowlands between crime, business, espionage, and the law, where secrets are currency and betrayal is commonplace. Its colorful cast includes CIA operatives, Russian oligarchs, arms dealers, White House officials, gangsters, private eyes, FBI agents, journalists, and a fugitive American terrorist and assassin. Missing Man is a fast-paced story that moves through exotic locales and is set against the backdrop of the twilight war between the United States and Iran, one in which hostages are used as political pawns. Filled with stunning revelations, it chronicles a family's ongoing search for answers and one man's desperate struggle to keep his hand in the game"--

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  • Missing man: the American spy who vanished in IranFarrar, Straus and Giroux2016-01-01

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