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Christopher Hurt
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Bill Buckley has created a handsome American hero, Blackford Oakes, who, by coincidence or not, happens to be an irreverent Yale- and CIA-trained superspy.
The year is 1954. Stalin has died in Moscow, and a deadly earnest power play nears its conclusion. Meanwhile British and American commandos, their mission to liberate a Soviet satellite country, have met a disastrous end. Jinxed.
The communications system between English and American intelligence has been penetrated. Jinxed.
There is a spook in their midst. High Jinx.
And higher still when the risk becomes one Blacky alone must take.
©1986 William F. Buckley, Jr. (P)1990 Blackstone AudiobooksListeners also enjoyed...
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- Chad Chisholm
- 12-01-23
Great Story
Well read. Great story. Action and spy craft. Blackford Oakes does it again! Buckley is a great writer.
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- R. Gottlieb
- 04-29-17
Terrible
First off I thought I was getting a Christopher Buckley novel, second the audio recording was substandard & the plot was boring
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