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The Company: A Novel of the CIA Weight Training and foot trails from theWith a sharp eye for the pathos and absurdity of the Cold War, Robert Littell crafted his first novel, the now legendary spy thriller The Defection of A. J. Lewinter. Christopher Lehmann Haupt of The New York Times called it "a perfect little gem, the best Cold War thriller I've read in years," and the praise kept coming with critics hailing Littell as "the American Le Carr" (New York Times) and raving that his books were "as good as thriller writing