# The Visiting Professor - Paperback

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by **Robert Littell** (Author)

**From legendary espionage writer Robert Littell, bestselling author of _The Company_ and _The Amateur_, a character-driven post-Cold War romp following an ex-Soviet professor turned amateur detective who finds himself in upstate New York investigating the mysterious and sudden death of a colleague.**

Lemuel Falk, a theoretical "chaoticist," has been denied permission to leave Russia for the last twenty-three years--likely because he knows a few state secrets. He is shocked when his twenty-fourth request is approved and he is offered a position as visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Chaos-Related Studies in upstate New York.

As soon as Professor Falk arrives in America, a fellow professor dies under mysterious circumstances. When he agrees to assist in the investigation at the behest of local police, he is plunged into a new kind of chaos: a high-stakes academic catfight, an affair with a much younger woman, and cascading offers from domestic spies looking to capitalize on his knowledge--all while the ghosts from his past in Russia return to haunt him.

A wholly original novel from a master of intrigue, _The Visiting Professor_ is a portrait of chaos theory, the limits of rationality, and the ironies of America.

### Author Biography

**Robert Littell** is the author of twenty-one other highly acclaimed novels, many about the Cold War and the Soviet Union, including his masterwork, _New York Times_ bestseller _The Company_, and the _Los Angeles Times_ Book Award winner for best mystery-thriller _Legends_. An American born in Brooklyn, Robert Littell now lives in France.

**Number of Pages:** 352

**Dimensions:** 0.97 x 8.25 x 5.55 IN

**Publication Date:** April 21, 2026

## Details

- **Price:** 26.95 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Dark Humor, Espionage, Fiction, Historical, Humorous, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Thrillers

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