I enjoy reading David Ignatius' columns for the Washington Post, so when I spotted this in a used book store last summer in Maine thought it was worth checking out. Set in 2007, it involves a CIA officer, wounded in Iraq and serving in Jordan, who comes up with a way to lure out an Al Qaida maste...
How come I never read a David Ignatius book before? I When you combine a well written intelligent book with a variety of international characters, and the plot involves Iran, nuclear bomb and spy agencies,you got everything you need for a great read. Only thing.I ran across about a dozen editing...
I know you should never judge a book by the cover, but getting something that has "Now a major film starring Leonardo Di Caprio" on the front never strikes me as a good start. Especially after seeing the trailer and not being terribly impressed. Nevertheless, someone must have thought enough of t...
Agents of Innocence is the book that established David Ignatius's reputation as a master of the novel of contemporary espionage. Into the treacherous world of shifting alliances and arcane subterfuge comes idealistic CIA man Tom Rogers. Ordered to penetrate the PLO and recruit a high-level operat...
This is the second book of David Ignatius that I read. It is not in the espionage gengre that his other books are. I read Bloodmoney, his latest book, first and that felt like it was lifted from the news of today. David works for the Washington Post after writing for the Wall Street Journal.Ba...