"Zacks writes that The Persian may be the finest of McCloskey's four spy novels to date (high praise given how well the first three were received). For this one, Zacks calls McCloskey's novel "a sophisticated and multidimensional depiction of human nature and the motivations that propel people to action. It brings the HUMINT discipline to life, vividly portraying how a sophisticated intelligence service identifies, targets, and ultimately recruits and handles an agent while plumbing the depths of the agent's psyche and inner conflicts.""
"BOOK REVIEWS & RECOMMENDATIONS -- Welcome to our annual holiday book review and recommendations list, where we highlight some of the terrific books that have been reviewed and featured in The Cipher Brief in recent months. Since our summer newsletter, we've covered and reviewed more than 35 books - often sliced and diced by world-class subject matter experts. In this newsletter, we've singled out about a dozen that received our highest four out of four "trench coat" rating."
An annual holiday book review and recommendations list highlights more than 35 books covered since summer, with about a dozen receiving the highest four-out-of-four "trench coat" rating. The selection spans fiction and non-fiction, encompassing histories of past wars and analyses of future conflict prospects. Fiction favorites include David McCloskey's The Persian, presented as a sophisticated, multidimensional depiction of human nature and HUMINT tradecraft that portrays recruitment, handling, and an agent's inner conflicts. Daniel Silva's An Inside Job returns Gabriel Allon in a fast-paced story of art theft, European crime and corruption, and a newly elected Pope.
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