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Last Call for Blackford Oakes
by William F. Buckley Jr
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151010854
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010851
- Seller
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West Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Books, 2005. H. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback with the Dust Jacket. Fiction. First Edition. Very Good Condition. No tears, marks, or stains. Some bending to the spine
Synopsis
Over twenty years ago William F. Buckley Jr. launched the dashing character of Blackford Oakes like a missile over the literary landscape. This newly minted CIA agent--brainy, bold, and complex--began his career by saving the queen of England and quickly took his place in the pantheon of master spies drawn up by Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, and John LeCarre. Against the backdrop of sinister Cold War intrigue, in this his eleventh outing, Oakes crosses paths--and swords--with Kim Philby, perhaps the highest-ranking in the parade of defectors to the Soviet Union. Oakes is now himself a master spy, working out of the agency and around agency rules. His romance with an able and worldly Soviet doctor provides consolation for the death of his beloved Sally. But after his return to Washington he receives dismaying news. It is inevitable that the great Soviet spy and the renowned American agent will meet again--this time, with deadly consequences. Previous novels in the series include Saving the Queen; Stained Glass; Who's on First; Marco Polo, If You Can; The Story of Henri Tod; See You Later, Alligator; High Jinx; Mongoose, R.I.P.; Tucker's Last Stand; A Very Private Plot; and The Blackford Oakes Reader.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Powers Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 658-2021
- Title
- Last Call for Blackford Oakes
- Author
- William F. Buckley Jr
- Format/Binding
- H
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Trade Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0151010854
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010851
- Publisher
- Harcourt Books
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida
- Date Published
- 2005
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