Overworld: The Life And Times Of A Reluctant Spy

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This gripping memoir by a former American intelligence operative is a vivid portrait of a spy at every stage of his life & career.

Raised in various countries around the world as the son of an American spymaster, Larry Kolb tells how his father taught him to think, look & listen like a spy, & how a friend & colleague of his father attempted to recruit him to the CIA. Kolb declined, choosing instead to become an international businessman. His early success
- in his mid-twenties he became an agent for several professional athletes, including Muhammad Ali
- brought him into contact with many of the world's wealthiest & most powerful men, making him irresistible to master spy & CIA co-founder, Miles Copel&. When Copeland later tried to recruit him, Kolb accepted, & soon he was involved in covert intrigues in Beirut, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Pakistan & India.

Peopled by larger than life characters such as Adnan Khashoggi, Imelda Marcos, Rajiv Gandhi & Ronald Reagan, OVERWORLD is a real-life adventure story of the highest order which offers compelling insights into the danger, glamour & psychology of espionage
- as well as an extraordinary glimpse into the real corridors of global power.