The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage - Hardcover

Lindsey, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671245600 ISBN 13: 9780671245603

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1980

Synopsis

Recounts the story of how two young Americans--Christopher John Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee--became outstanding Soviet spies and penetrated America's most secret satellite operations

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Review:

"A balanced, objective, powerful story, which pulls you deeply into the lives of these young felons . . . You simply won't be able to dismiss them." --The New York TimesBook Review

"Compelling. The first book of the last two decades that makes us understand how the boy next door could become a superspy." --The New York Times

"Remarkable. A real-life spy story as gripping and full of suspense as anything one could invent. Robert Lindsey tells us everything we want to know about this odd couple. He has done a superb job of research and writing." --Ken Follett, #1 New York Times-bestselling author

From the Back Cover:

Tense, intriguing, and darkly compelling, The Falcon and the Snowman is a uniquely American story of betrayal. On the face of it, there was nothing to indicate that Andrew Dalton Lee and Christopher James Boyce were anything but two devout Catholic boys growing up in happy, warm families in one of the most affluent suburbs in America, living one version of the American Dream and facing nothing but the best of futures.Bright and idealistic, the son of a former FBI agent, 21-year-old Boyce was adrift in the malaise and disenchantment of the late 1960s. His high school friend Dalton Lee had wandered from his childhood days as an altar boy to become a successful drug dealer in trouble with the law and looking for the big score. In July of 1974 Boyce's father used his influence to help his son get a job at TRW, a Southern California aerospace company that was developing and manufacturing satellites used by the CIA. Less than a year later Boyce and Lee launched a plan to sell the CIA's secrets to the Russians and began a career as Soviet agents, complete with international intrigue, secret codes, clandestine meetings, and miniature cameras. The Falcon and the Snowman is, ultimately, a dark story of murder plots, betrayal, and the wrenching consequences of impulsive decisions. Intensively researched, it draws on hundreds of interviews with all the principals involved, on letters, and on materials from Boyce and Lee's eventual trials. Robert Lindsey has crafted a suspenseful, extraordinary tale that pulls readers in on the first page and leaves them wanting more by book's end. (6 x 9, 360 pages)

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0671245600
• ISBN 13: 9780671245603
• Binding: Hardcover