PositiveCIA Studies in Intelligence\"...this story excels when the protagonists take to the streets. An alternative marketing approach might have been to give it a yellow cover and call it \'Tradecraft for Dummies\' ... Tradecraft descriptions aside, how plausible is the book for the reader with guilty knowledge? On a scale from the deliberately low-key realism of Le Carré to the fantasies of Robert Ludlum, it’s definitely on the Le Carré end of the spectrum, with a few notable exceptions. Those interested in public perceptions of the intelligence business, particularly as it is practiced by CIA officers, should read this book ... Finally, this novel has the most explicit sex scenes we’ve encountered in the espionage genre. Beware.\
