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The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins Audiobook
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What is the definition of assassination? Robert B. Baer’s boss at the CIA once told him, “It’s a bullet with a man’s name on it.” Sometimes assassination is the senseless act of a psychotic, a bloodletting without social value. Other times, it can be the sanest and most humane way to change the course of conflict—one bullet, one death, case closed. Assassination has been dramatized by literature and politicized by infamous murders throughout history, and for Robert Baer, one of the most accomplished agents to ever work for the CIA, it’s a source of endless fascination, speculation, and intrigue. Over several decades, Baer served as an operative, from Iraq to New Delhi and beyond; notably, his career was the model for the acclaimed movie Syriana. In The Perfect Kill, he takes us on a serpentine adventure through the history of political murder; its connections to, and differences from, the ubiquitous use of drones in state-sponsored killing; his firsthand experience with political executions; and his decades-long cat-and-mouse hunt, across the Middle East and Europe, for the most effective and deadliest assassin of the modern age. A true maverick with an undeniably captivating personal story, Baer pulls back the curtain on the underbelly of world politics and the quiet murderers who operate on the fringe of our society.
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“Keith Szarabajka has the perfect voice for this audiobook about politicalassassinations. His voice is deep and scratchy, and he sounds like he’s smokeda pack of cigarettes a day for the past forty years. He reads with aconspiratorial tone, which works well for a book written by one of the mostdecorated CIA agents in the history of American spy craft and the man who wasthe model for the film Syriana. Thebook leverages Baer’s experience in the field as he analyzes the use ofpolitical killings throughout recent American history. The result is aninteresting, well-narrated audiobook on a topic many people may want to avoidthinking about.”
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“The Perfect Kill is a meditation on the art of political murder. Baer knows his subject.”
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“Never less than engaging…full of wry and unexpected black humor. An intrinsically intriguing book that should have a wide audience. Worthy of serious study and rereading.”
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“Former CIA agent Baer (The Company We Keep) reveals the ins and outs of the politically charged notion of assassination, as experienced through his own eventful career…His style is candid and accessible, with a little of the American cowboy in evidence…Makes for a fascinating look at a nebulous and misunderstood topic.”
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“A bestselling author and former CIA operative chronicles his experiences as an assassin while offering chilling insight into the fine art of political murder…With dry wit and intelligence, the author reviews his long career as a sometime-assassin (who ultimately never killed his targets) and provides running commentary about the do’s and don’ts of political murder. He draws on his more than twenty-five years of experience as a CIA operative as well as the long, bloody history of assassination itself…Fascinating reading from an expert.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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About Robert B. Baer
Robert B. Baer is one of the most accomplished agents in CIA history and a winner of the Career Intelligence Medal. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including See No Evil—the basis for the acclaimed film Syriana, which earned George Clooney an Oscar for his portrayal of Baer. He is considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Middle East and frequently appears on all major news outlets. Baer writes regularly for Time.com and has contributed to Vanity Fair, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He is the current national security affairs analyst for CNN.
About Keith Szarabajka
Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.