The Osterman Weekend

{{short description|1972 novel by Robert Ludlum}} {{about|the novel|the film adaptation|The Osterman Weekend (film)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book |  | name = The Osterman Weekend | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:TheOstermanWeekend.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Robert Ludlum | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Thriller | publisher = World Publishing | pub_date = 1972 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = 315 pp | isbn = 0-529-04547-8 | dewey = 813/.5/4 | congress = PZ4.L9455 Os PS3562.U26 | oclc = 279044 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}

'''''The Osterman Weekend''''' is a thriller novel by Robert Ludlum. First published in 1972, it was the author's second book. The novel was the basis for the film of the same title.<ref>{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby|title=Screen: 'The Osterman Weekend'|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04E7D81739F937A35752C1A965948260&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes|accessdate=21 April 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 November 1983}}</ref>

==Plot== John Tanner, Director of News of a US TV network, is convinced by a CIA agent that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy, called Omega, that threatens national security. Everything John Tanner thinks he knows about his closest friends is overturned, and he is set against them. When Omega finally reveals itself, he realizes that he has been manipulated from the very start.

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