num_pages: 304
description: In a republication of the author's 1973 first novel, unremarkable American scientist A. J. Lewinter triggers a series of high-stakes events when, during an academic conference in Tokyo, he contacts the KGB with an offer to defect, a proposal neither country can be sure is genuine. By the author of The Company. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Defection of A.J. Lewinter
titlecomplete: The Defection of A.J. Lewinter
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Espionage, Crime, Russia, Audiobook
ratings_count: 632
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: CWA Gold Dagger
publisher: Penguin Books