num_pages: 352
description: The novel made into the major motion picture released October 2008 starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Clever [and] well-paced Body of Lies is hard to put down.John Miller Wall Street Journal CIA soldier Roger Ferris has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as Suleiman. Ferris's plan is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War He prepares a body of lies literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible by recruiting an agent within the enemy's ranks.This scheme binds friend and foe in a web of extraordinary subtlety and complexity. When it begins to unravel Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan's intelligence service. But can Ferris trust him?
language: English
title: Body of Lies
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company