Mar 062012
Mar 042012
Gaither Stewart:
A weaver of tales based on uncomfortable truths
A COSMOPOLITAN SOUL, Gaither Stewart, the author of the Europe Trilogy is originally from Asheville, NC. After studies at the UC at Berkeley, other American universities and Munich University, he has lived most of his adult life abroad, first in Germany, then in Italy, alternated with residences in The Netherlands, France, Mexico, Argentina and Russia.
After a career in journalism as a correspondent for the Rotterdam daily newspaper, Algemeen Dagblad, and contributor to the press, radio and TV in various European countries, he today writes fiction and journalism. He is a senior editor and European correspondent for the major American online publication, The Greanville Post.
His works are published in venues throughout the world. His collections of short stories, Icy Current Compulsive Course, To Be A Stranger and Once In Berlin are published by Wind River Press (www.windriverpress.com). His novel, Asheville, is published by www.Wastelandrunes.com.
He lives with his wife, Milena, in Rome, Italy. Being a lucky fellow (at least where it counts) his cat Nina often keeps him company as he works into the wee hours. Punto Press is publishing his entire Europe Trilogy, of which The Trojan Spy is the first volume.
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Critical acclaim
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Not since John Le Carré gave us Alec Leamas, the tormented antihero of The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, have we seen a master spy with the character complexities of Anatoly Nikitin, the formidable former Soviet agent whose ultimate target is nothing less than the organizers of present-day terrorism, embedded in western intelligence. In The Trojan Spy, Gaither Stewart weaves not only a classic espionage thriller, but a compelling moral tale whose central questions resonate long after we put down the volume.
—Patrice Greanville
Editor in Chief
The Greanville Post
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In continuous action from the early period of the Cold War to today’s war on terror, Gaither Stewart knits together in elegant style a tale of murder and intrigue, told with an insider’s knowledge of duplicity and set with authentic detail in places like Moscow and Munich, St. Moritz and Perugia, and the Middle East. The Trojan Spy is for thoughtful readers who take time to savor the style, the exotic locales, and the psychological nuances.
—James Critchlow
Senior Soviet Analyst
U.S. Government International Communications
Author
, Nationalism in Uzbekistan
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A highly readable spy novel refreshingly different from the “standard” in the espionage genre. As a work of mainstream literature reaching beyond the spy novel conceptually, The Trojan Spy stands side by side with classics by Le Carré. Stewart’s characters are multi-dimensional, his descriptions convincing, his details live and rich. As a psychological novel, The Trojan Spy delves into the complexities of the human psyche, while socio-politically breaching the uncomfortable issues of the terrorism hype and concomitant tension strategy. Unlike many of his counterparts in the genre, Gaither Stewart knows the countries and socio-cultural realities he speaks of.
—Michael Korovkin
Russian-born Social Anthropologist and author: Terms of Estrangement: Diaries of a Paratrooper
(Dedicated to the Soviet military)
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Like Graham Greene, Gaither Stewart has always remained a journalist; an observer with a remarkably keen eye for the absurdity of conflict, human behavior and politics. Like John Le Carré, Stewart is a superb storyteller, dissecting the soul with the precision of a neurosurgeon and the kindness of a seasoned psychotherapist.
—Bernard Hammelburg
TV Producer
, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent
BNR News Radio and Radio Netherlands
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Mar 042012
By GAITHER STEWART
WHEN I began The Trojan Spy in 2007, I intended writing a story about an extraordinary man, a Russian spy, who at the end of World War II was sent from Moscow to Berlin to become a sleeper and a future secret agent for the victorious Soviet Union. During the Cold War he became a double or, perhaps, a triple agent. The fictional figure of cosmopolitan, polyglot Anatoly Nikitin had been developing in my mind long before I wrote the first words about him. At the time I did not realize where Nikitin would eventually lead me. For during his long career extending from post-war Berlin well into the twentieth century he acquired many admirers and imitators on both sides of the conflict and gave birth to a series of characters who followed in his footsteps and ultimately fought wars far different from his. Continue reading »