See The American, then Read the Book

As reported in the Wall Street Journal blog "SpeakEasy," the novel on which the new George Clooney film The American is based is being reissued.  Originally published in 1990, Martin Booth's novel A Very Private Gentelman became the basis for the film which is coming out at the start of September. The novel, retitled The American, is being reissued and is out from Picador press. SpeakEasy also has an excerpt here from the novel for your reading pleasure.