Los Angeles Times
“This is a thriller in the best tradition by an author who knows the Middle East like the back of his hand”
BBC News
“The plotting is beautiful.”
Library Journal (Starred Review)
“The unfolding of the plot within a plot are handled … with skill and a sure sense of the dramatic.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“It’s suspense all the way through.”
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At the age of 21, Howard Kaplan was sent on a mission into the Soviet Union to smuggle a dissident’s manuscript on microfilm to London.
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Arrested by the KBG in Russia
When I was 22, I walked along a memorized route from the Hotel Metropole, where I was staying, through nearby Red Square and soon, on a narrow street adjacent to the square, approached an apartment door.
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Photos from the set in Casablanca
read moreAfter 40 Years, Howard Kaplan’s “The Damascus Cover” Hits Theaters
If achievement is a mélange of skill, perseverance and luck, along the way I’ve had periods of fierce drive, missed great opportunities and been the recipient of incredible luck.
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