First edition (US)
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| Author | Robert Littell |
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| Publisher | Overlook Press (US) Macmillan (UK) |
Publication date | 2002 |
| ISBN | 978-1-58567-197-7 |
The Company: A Novel of the CIA is an American novel written by Robert Littell and published by The Overlook Press in 2002. The plot interweaves the professional lives of both historical and fictional characters in the field of international espionage between June 1950 and August 1995.
The book was a New York Times bestseller and received wide critical acclaim.[1]
It is the basis of a 2007 miniseries starring Michael Keaton, Chris O'Donnell, and Alfred Molina.
The plot includes numerous characters based on historical persons, with varying degrees of verisimilitude.
The following is a list of the historical persons who speak or interact with other characters in the novel:
In addition, William King Harvey does not appear by name, but the character "Harvey Torriti, a.k.a. the Sorcerer" is a very thinly-disguised version of Harvey.
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