Overworld - Hardcover

Kolb, Larry J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593051017 ISBN 13: 9780593051016

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2004

Synopsis

This gripping memoir by a former American intelligence operative is a vivid portrait of a spy at every stage of his life and career. Raised in various countries around the world as the son of an American spymaster, Larry Kolb tells how his father taught him to think, look and listen like a spy, and how a friend and colleague of his father attempted to recruit him to the CIA. Kolb declined, choosing instead to become an international businessman. His early success - in his mid-twenties he became an agent for several professional athletes, including Muhammad Ali - brought him into contact with many of the world's wealthiest and most powerful men, making him irresistible to master spy and CIA co-founder, Miles Copeland. When Copeland later tried to recruit him, Kolb accepted, and soon he was involved in covert intrigues in Beirut, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Pakistan and India. Peopled by larger than life characters such as Adnan Khashoggi, Imelda Marcos, Rajiv Gandhi and Ronald Reagan, OVERWORLD is a real-life adventure story of the highest order which offers compelling insights into the danger, glamour and psychology of espionage - as well as an extraordinary glimpse into the real corridors of global power.

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Review:

' A terrific memoir. Larry Kolb explicates the world of espionage and secrets with sagaciousness and savvy. This book is a stand-alone original.' James Ellroy

Book Description:

A fascinating global journey through the corridors of power with one of the CIA's most trusted spies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0593051017
• ISBN 13: 9780593051016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 329