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Real spies, espionage specialists and CIA bureaucrats read David Ignatius, or that's what I hear from a few friends in the business. Listen to his newest novel, "A Firing Offense," and you'll understand why.
Gathering info for a story on covert French power networks, Eric Truel, a gutsy, young reporter for "The New York Mirror," gets -- or is fed -- some unsettling information from a rogue CIA agent: a revered, high-level journalist at the paper is a French-sponsored economic espionage operative.
Truel, fascinated enough to break some journalistic rules himself, gets drawn into a big-time, deadly web of Franco-Chinese intrigue. While telling a top-notch tale, Ignatius looks at the ambiguities of honesty and corruption and the insidious power of power. Cotter Smith's narration makes the story and Eric Truel sound utterly believable.
Sukey Howard reports on spoken word audio each month. Don't miss her audio book reviews on CNN's "Sunday Morning."
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