Tass Is Authorized to Announce--

by Yulian Semyonov and Julian Semyonov

Book Overview

In a duel with his CIA counterpoint, Slavin uncovers a CIA plan to overthrow a black-governed country that has elected a Marxist leader and helps to unmask the mole who is passing on information to the Americans."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714541206
• ISBN13: 9780714541204
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Calder Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of the best spy thrillers I've ever read

This is far superior to most spy fiction, in which the heroes rely primarily on their combat skills and on their brains secondarily; they usually have supporting characters to help them do hard intellectual tasks like read. Fortunately, TASS IS AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE is a complete break from that. There's only a little action right near the end, the focus is definitely on what is, essentially, a giant game of chess between the CIA and the KGB, with agents trying to outwit and outthink one another. Although there could be a little confusion at times (the translations from Russian weren't always clear, and two similar characters share the same name), I certainly didn't see any evidence of anti-Semitism as was claimed. For the most part I am highly satisfied with this Soviet spy novel.