The Increment by David Ignatius

The Increment by David Ignatius

From a hidden enclave in the maze of Tehran, an Iranian scientist who calls himself Dr. Ali sends an encrypted message to the CIA. It falls to Harry Pappas to decide if it's for real. Dr. Ali sends more secrets of the Iranian bomb program to the agency, then panics. He's being followed, but he doesn't know who's onto him, and neither does Pappas. The White House is no help-they're looking for a pretext to attack Tehran. To get his agent out, Pappas turns to a secret British spy team known as The Increment, whose operatives carry the modern version of the double-O license to kill. But the real story here is infinitely more complicated than he understands, and to get to the bottom of it he must betray his own country. The Increment is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold set in Iran, with a dose of Graham Greene's The Human Factor to highlight the subtleties of betrayal.

"A page-turner of the highest order" -- Publishers Weekly
"A meticulously crafted, tightly woven tale…A thinking person’s thriller." -- Kirkus Reviews
"In a world where so much spy fiction is junk, it’s refreshing to come across a book that enlightens as well as entertains." -- Washington Times

David Ignatius is a prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post and has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for four decades. He has written several New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Washington, DC.

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ISBN 13	9780393338317
ISBN 10	0393338312
Title	The Increment
Author	David Ignatius
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2010-06-15
Number of pages	400
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