“A story that is at once real-life thriller and an immensely
sinister cautionary tale about the new Russia.” –Star
Tribune
On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s
Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian émigré and former
intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian president
Vladimir Putin, fell ill and within days was rushed to the
hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped
into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement
accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell,
then London Bureau Chief of the New York Times who covered
the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of
this assassination? and of the profound international implications
of this first act of nuclear terrorism.
“Absorbing.” –New York Times
“Cowell plays out the Byzantine possibilities behind this killing
with heroic clarity.” –Los Angeles Times
“Doggedly reported and dramatically written . . . Cowell tells the
story with literary panache but doesn’t let his stylish prose
eclipse the substance of a sordid tale. The sections about
espionage and the assassination are worthy of Tom Clancy, but the
author’s political analysis is equally riveting . . . A well-told
true-crime tale mixed with expert politicalhistorical
analysis.”
–Kirkus Reviews
關於作者：
Alan S. Cowell was the London bureau chief of the New York
Times when the events narrated in this book reached their
climax. Previously, Cowell served as a correspondent for Reuters
and the New York Times in Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa. He has been based in twelve capitals and reported the news
from around ninety countries and territories. Cowell is married and
has three children. He is now based in Paris.
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