Supernotes by Agent Kasper
In the Cambodian hinterlands, a lone Western prisoner suffers through a hot, muddy, interminable sentence. Wasted by repeated torture, lack of sleep, malnutrition, and psychotropic drugs, he has been abandoned. His years of exemplary service to his government mean nothing. No one is coming for him.This is Agent Kasper, a man with a staggering resume: commercial airline pilot, firearms expert, highly accomplished practitioner of several of the martial arts, a secret agent par excellence. It is this incredible competence that will be his undoing. While investigating Mafia money laundering in Phnom Penh, Kasper is approached by the CIA to track down the source of the so-called supernotes illegal U.S. banknotes counterfeited so perfectlythat they areundetectable, even by sophisticated machines that are flooding Southeast Asia. With patience, skill, and courage, Kasper uncovers the explosive secret behind themand is badly burned by the truth.
Meanwhile, back in Rome, a sharp, scrappy lawyer named Barbara Belli has been hired by Kasper s family to work for his release. She has contacts in the foreign ministry, and while officials make sweeping claims about moving heaven and earth, nothing happens. It s more than just creaking bureaucracy. Kasper has really pissed off the wrong people.
Based on true events in the life of a former spy, Kasper s journey makes for a shocking and spellbinding page-turner of petty corruption, high-level betrayal, and state secrets so powerful that governments will protect them by any means.
AGENT KASPER is a former operative for both the Italian intelligence services and the American CIA. LUIGI CARLETTI is a prize-winning veteran investigative journalist and the author of several novels. Translated by John Cullen.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780385540070 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385540078 |
| Title | Supernotes |
| Author | Agent Kasper |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Nan A. Talese |
| Year published | 2016-01-12 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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