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Alex Berenson

Author of The Faithful Spy

24 Works 6,475 Members 267 Reviews 10 Favorited

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Alex Berenson was born on January 6, 1973. He graduated from Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and economics. After college, he became a reporter for the Denver Post. In 1996, he became one of the first employees at TheStreet.com, the financial news website. In 1999, he became a show more reporter for The New York Times. While there he covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq to the flooding of New Orleans to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. He left the Times in 2010 to concentrate on writing fiction, but he occasionally contributes to the newspaper. His first book, The Faithful Spy, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. His other works include The John Wells series and the nonfiction books The Number and The Prisoner. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
Berenson did a nice job of fleshing out the main characters, so much so that I dearly wanted to punch a couple of them in mouth - interestingly enough, they were not the bad guys but rather two of the kidnap victims. The leader of a marauding band, that was central to the story, was a beautifully written young Somali bandit who had named himself Wizard because he felt invincible. I found him to be the most interesting character in the story and his presence elevated the story from very good to excellent.… (more)
 
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csayban | 26 other reviews | Oct 19, 2023 |
I haven't read this author before, just picked up the book because it was on the NY Times bestseller list. This was 9th in a series of books with John Wells as the main character so I will go back to the first and start reading.
 
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Maryjane75 | 7 other reviews | Sep 30, 2023 |
Very good spy/terrorist book.
 
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RickGeissal | 44 other reviews | Aug 16, 2023 |
2.5*

The story of 'the faithful spy' for the CIA who has been undercover in Al-Qaida for years. Not bad but if I hadn't gotten it for free I probably wouldn't have read it.
 
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24
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