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Another taut, believable thriller from washington post columnist ignatius body of lies, 2007, etc. Roger ferris is one of the cias soldiers in the war on terrorism. With the help of his boss, ed hoffman russell crowe, and. The director, by david ignatius, a novel about the c. Body of lies was made into a 2008 film starring leonardo dicaprio and russell crowe.
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He 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. Cia soldier roger ferris has come out of iraq with a shattered leg an. He has written nine novels, including body of lies, which director ridley scott adapted into a film. An american fiction writer and journalist, he is best known for his 2007 novel, body of lies, which tells the story of a cia officer battling terrorism. David ignatius is a washington post columnist and novelist. Body of lies is the second book by david ignatius that ive read last month i read agents of innocence. David ignatius emerging from a tour of duty in iraq with a badly injured leg, cia soldier roger ferris takes on a mission to infiltrate the network of a master terrorist and bases his plan on a british intelligence. He is a former adjunct lecturer at the kennedy school of government at harvard university and currently senior fellow to the future of diplomacy program. A tale of counterterrorism from an author who ranks with graham greene in his knowledge of espionage and the human heart publishers weekly. Ignatius joined the post in 1986 as editor of its sunday outlook section. Nov 03, 2008 body of lies directed by ridley scott, screenplay by william monahan, based on the novel by david ignatius. Agents of innocence is the book that established david ignatius s reputation as a master of the novel of contemporary espionage. Clever and wellpaced, body of lies is hard to put down. Ferris enlists the help of the chief of jordanian intelligence, hani salaam.
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