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It's a deadly dilemma for Martin Odum: both remembering and forgetting his past are dangerous options. A discharged CIA agent turned private detective, Odum is struggling through a labyrinth of memories from past identities - "legends," in CIA parlance. Is he really Martin Odum? Or is he Dante Pippen, IRA explosives specialist? Or Lincoln Dittmann, Civil War Expert? Or another, hidden legend? When Stella Kastner asks Odum to find her missing brother-in-law, Odum's ex-boss from the CIA shows up to order him off the case. Odum takes it anyway, embarking on a search that leads him around the world battling mortal danger and psychological disorientation.
My admiration for Littell's novels, notably The Defection of A.J. Lewinter and The Sisters, is no secret, but I think that, at age 70, he has outdone himself with this dizzying, dazzling portrait of a spy who has so many identities -- legends, in spook-talk -- that he no longer knows who he is … Legends is a rich, funny, perverse, angry, haunting, supremely entertaining look at our world and our government. It is also a reminder of the futility of the labels we attach to fiction. Littell, generally pigeonholed as a spy novelist, is in fact one of those writers, like Elmore Leonard, who have risen far above genre.
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Sylvia Fino
reviewed Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation on December 13, 2008
Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation
First of all, I didn't read it, I listened to it. I can still hear the voice of the man, as he switched between accents and genders.
The author has definitely a handle on details.
His story is not drawn in pastels, but rather in pen with all the details clearly visible. It is the details themselves that sometimes make the narrative dry - on the other hand it is the details that make the book good. Go figure.
I never tought people can lie so much - is the first thought that jumps into my head when I think of the novel.
It seems that most characters who spoke - lied. And not just the spooks. Everyone lied about everything most of the time. And that made me wonder ...
The main character and all of his personalities had one thing in common - they seemed not to experience their emotions conciously. They seemed silent - all of them- when it came to fear, anger, grief. They said nothing.
What kept the story interesting for me, what drew me in wasn't so much the story itslef, but rather the inherent courage that the 'trio of the main character'possessed. I am fascinated by anyone who possesses that kind of a strength while being perfectly powerless.
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