The amateur vs The Osterman Weekend: Which Should You Read?

The amateur Robert Littell · 1981 ★★★★☆ 4.0 252 pages · ≈ 4 h 40 m · Moderate

Charlie Heller is an ace cryptographer for the Company. He's a quiet man with a quiet job in a back office. But when terrorists shoot his fiancě in cold blood and Heller learns that the Agency has decided not to pursue…

The Osterman Weekend Robert Ludlum · 1972 ★★★★☆ 3.5 324 pages · ≈ 6 h 00 m · Moderate

In Zurich . . . in Moscow . . . in Washington, D.C. . . . the machinery has already been set in motion. In a quiet suburb, an odd assortment of men and women gather for a momentous weekend. At stake is nothing less than…