The Terminal Spy by Alan S Cowell

The Terminal Spy by Alan S Cowell

A story that is at once real-life thriller and an immensely sinister cautionary tale about the new Russia. -Star Tribune

On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London's Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian migr and former intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and within days was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the New York Times who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination- and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism.

Absorbing. -New York Times

Cowell plays out the Byzantine possibilities behind this killing with heroic clarity. -Los Angeles Times
Doggedly reported and dramatically written . . . Cowell tells the story with literary panache but doesn't let his stylish prose eclipse the substance of a sordid tale. The sections about espionage and the assassination are worthy of Tom Clancy, but the author's political analysis is equally riveting . . . A well-told true-crime tale mixed with expert political/historical analysis.
-Kirkus Reviews

Alan S. Cowell was the London bureau chief of the New York Times when the events narrated in this book reached their climax. Previously, Cowell served as a correspondent for Reuters and the New York Times in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has been based in twelve capitals and reported the news from around ninety countries and territories. Cowell is married and has three children. He is now based in Paris.

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ISBN 13	9780385523554
ISBN 10	0385523556
Title	The Terminal Spy
Author	Alan S Cowell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Broadway Books
Year published	2008-08-05
Number of pages	432
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