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Tense, intriguing, and darkly compelling, The Falcon and the Snowman is a uniquely American story of betrayal. On the face of it, there was nothing to indicate that Andrew Dalton Lee and Christopher James Boyce were anything but two devout Catholic boys growing up in happy, warm families in one of the most affluent suburbs in America, living one version of the American Dream and facing nothing but the best of futures.

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Journalist Lindsey adroitly chronicles the true story of Andrew Daulton Lee and Christopher John Boyce, two high school buddies from good families who were tried and convicted of espionage. Boyce's FBI agent father landed the floundering 21-year-old a job developing satellites for the CIA. With Lee's help, Boyce set out to sell government secrets to the Soviets. The two then embarked on a covert operation complete with code names, spy cameras, and other trappings that James Bond would have envied.
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"Remarkable. A real-life spy story as gripping and full of suspense as anything one could invent. Robert Lindsey tells us everything we want to know about this odd couple. He has done a superb job of research and writing."-Ken Follett

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Lyons Press; First Edition (June 2, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1585745022
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1585745029
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

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I love this book. Thank You.

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A very interesting read. I'm not usually a reader of spy stories, factual or fiction. I saw the movie and had to finally read the book to settle questions about why two young men who grew up with so much betrayed the very system that gave them opportunities and comfort.
Daulton Lee was the easiest to pigeon hole as the spoiled child whose parents indulged him and he had few consequences for his actions throughout his life. He had talents and ambitions in fields (craftsmanship and artistry) that his class and family did not value. Carpentry and woodworking, even as an artist, are viewed as hobbies, not careers no matter how talented the artist.
Maybe if they had been as supportive of these interests, he may not have turned to enterprises where he was able to make money but drew him into illegal activities that could not only reap a long prison sentence but became more dangerous as he climbed the ladder within the world of illegal drugs.
When he was caught for the drug offenses, he was still indulged by the system. A young man, constantly referred to as a boy to garner sympathy, who was given break after break and returned to his illegal activities.
Chris Boyce was a bit more of a puzzle. He was on track to a nice life where he would have been respected and could have found positive ways to bring about the changes in which he claimed to believe.
It may be that he became disillusioned by the hypocrisy and decided to strike back on the ideals he had been taught when he began to see the truth. Instead of looking for a positive outlet, he was like the toddler who is having a tantrum. He decided strike back by turning on everything he saw as dishonest and ugly. His claims of altruistic intentions fall flat when one considers he gave support to another regime as corrupt as the one he claimed to be rebelling against.
It's a good read and worth a look.

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wierd: drug dealer, KGB, FBI, CIA

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hoodlum drug dealer full of himself teams up with a school friend who works in the defense industry with access to top secret information to milk the KGB out of thousands of dollars. If the CIA had not in fact been on the two spies, if it had not been aware of the scruffy young man with a long rap of drug dealings who so brazenly and so often entered the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City over such a long period, only one other conclusion is appropriate: the affair was an episode that demonstrated amazing ineptitude on the part of the CIA. It is a fact that the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City is one of the most closely watched foreign embassies in the world. Long before Daulton sat down for vodka and caviar with Vasily Ivanovich Okana, Lee Harvey Oswald demonstrated how convenient a destination it was for a disaffected American seeking contact with the Russians. Phone taps and electronic surveillance techniques of the newest designs are used to monitor the embassy and its KGB personnel, maybe after all the CIA might have been aware of Daulton's business dealings with the KGB ? And certainly, the presence of a US Embassy official at the Soviet Embassy on the morning of Daulton's arrest added another curiosity to the case

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This is one of those books whose greatness lost out to the attraction of the big screen of Hollywood. Yes, the book, penned by journalist Robert Lindsey, is better. Lindsey is thorough and supplies in-depth detail after detail, taking the reader into the 1970s world of drug-using and dealing, the American intelligence community -- even the world of falconry. What it essentially boils down to is the story of two sociopaths (Lindsey doesn't delve into the world of psychology and his great coverage stands on its own merit).
Why would two well-raised, fairly wealthy 20-somethings sell above-top-secret intelligence to the Soviet Union and risk the lives of the world via nuclear holocaust? In the case of dope-dealing Andrew Daulton Lee, it boiled down to nothing more than money, a power-trip and excitement. In the case of Christopher John Boyce, the rationale was more idealistic.
Yes, one can argue that America was built "by the few for the few." Yes, the world's greatest democracy has over the years and to its own end repressed foreign governments. Hypocrisy, plain and simple. But neither money nor idealism of this sort can justify selling out one's county.
It's a thought-provoking book that elicits strong emotions, all while reading like excellent, exciting fiction. But it's also a statement of American justice. And that's not necessarily a good thing. As of 2010, both men have been free for more than a decade (they were convicted in 1977 -- Lee was released in 1998, and Boyce in 2002, AFTER a prison escape and 17 bank robberies). But the latter is another story.
If you want a good, unique read, you can't go wrong with this relatively unheralded book.

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Not The Left Wing Agenda That The Movie Is: THIS IS THE TRUTH of Two Spoiled Brats, but it's without bias like this review

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Nice to read the book that came out a few years before the movie that made Chris Boyce look like a left wing hero trying to protect small nations from the evil Americans "swooping" down on them. The very biased film ends with his falcon killing a pigeon or dove while he speaks these words.

The book is not only more realistic, but shows the millionaire's son how he really was: spoiled end bitter. But it's the second book, FLIGHT OF THE FALCON, that also came out before the movie, that described his escape from prison and a year-long bank robbing spree, sticking guns into people's faces who will never get over being close to what seemed a quick death.

Timothy Hutton, while a good actor, didn't play the movie character like he'd have a John Dillinger alto ego inside him. This book though, does. He's sneaky and manipulative, but...

Don't think this is a hatchet piece on Boyce or his sort of scape goat idiot drug dealing buddy (Sean Penn overrating in the film). This book makes you feel for these guys as well as realizing how bratty and rich they were. It's fully engrossing and one of the best true fiction novels but... at the same time... Kindle needs to bring the even better FLIGHT OF THE FALCON on Kindle so we know the full truth about this "kid" who Bill Clinton pardoned. Guess he, too, didn't want to know about those bank robberies.

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Robert H Silverman

History, rather than Biography

Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2020

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One can only assume it’s factual, and if so, it’s certainly an fascinating story, which I am only half-way through. But if it were a novel, I’d have already stopped reading it. There’s no real literary style here. No search for hidden character traits that makes me enjoy reading about these guys, the drugs they took, or the girls they had sex with; not that there’s much about them I could ever like. Compared to the book about two other privileged young men from an earlier era, Leopold and Loeb, it’s a far more two-dimensional account of how two guys who had everything could go so wrong. Still, it provides a lot of details about the earlier days of the use of space by the two great military powers of the time, and I have no intention of putting it down before I’ve finished. If the subject interests you, you should go for it.

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Wutz Argentum

Lieferung ok, Buch zu empfehlen

Reviewed in Germany on April 2, 2018

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Es wurde gut und schnell geliefert. Das Buch ist lesenswert, es schildert eine skurrile Episode aus der Hochzeit des Kalten Krieges.

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Memory Man

A facsinating story indeed ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2013

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This is a very interesting spy story in that the "spies" certainly didnt fit the profile of most moles. Christopher Boyce (the Falcon because of his love for falcons and the ancient art of falconry) and his friend Daulton Lee (the Snowman because he was drug dealer who supplied coccaine a.k.a. snow) were young men in their 20s who came from very priviledged families in an affluent part of southern california (the Palos Verdes peninsula).

The book takes you through the cultural changes that were going on in the late 60s and early 70s - this sets the scene for the story and helps you get into the psyche of Chris and Daulton. The book also highlights one of the CIA`s most controvesial activities in Australia which culminated in the sacking of the then Australian Prime Minister, its fascinating stuff ! Christopher`s dad had got him the job through a connection at a satellite company that was handling secret satellite pictures and communications of the CIA. Given the events in Australia Chris found himself disillusioned with his country and thus the stage was set for him to start his treachery. His somewhat chaotic friend the drug delaer then enters the full frame and things get interesting !

The story takes you through how secerets were pilfered and delivered to the Soviets in Mexico and the characters Chris worked with. The most fascinating (of the co-workers)is certainly the dark haired plump curvy lady who liked kinky sex who kept trying to seduce Chris ! This story is also a good morality tale of the dangers of drugs and how drug addicts are not the best people to rely on in a very sensitive operation !

I was disappointed by the ending of the book. Despite being an updated 1986 version the book only leaves you in 1980 just after Christopher Boyce escaped from prison and there is no mention of what happened after.Anyway if you are fascinated here is what happened........ Chris eventually went on the run and wound up in a bank robbery spree before his bank robbinng buddies betrayed him( how ironic) and he was eventually re-captured and returned to prison .......a very interesting story indeed ...

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An Alberta Reader

Still relevant today

Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2017

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A good read. Knowing the end of the story before beginning to read it doesn't detract from the impact of who did it, why and how. A sad tale of privileged kids growing up with all the opportunities available to them, but boredom, drugs and lack of worthwhile goals in life soon pulled them onto dangerous paths. It really hits home the fact that there can be very lame and empty reasons people do seriously harmful things. At times the well-researched account became a bit tedious and/or confusing as it bounced around, but overall it weaves a coherent story. I did ask myself a number of times, "Where were their parents?"

I'm glad to know these events (espionage) prompted stricter national security measures to be followed.

Werner Bruening

Good Spy Novel

Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2020

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completely different type of spy novel. Enjoyed it

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