Old Boys by Charles Mccarry
Charles McCarry is considered by many to be a master of spy fiction In his magnificent new novel - his first for almost a decade - McCarry returns to the world of Paul Christopher, the crack intelligence agent who is as skilled at choosing a fine wine as he is at tradecraft, at once elegant and dangerous, sophisticated and rough-and-ready. As the novel opens, Christopher, ageing but fit, is dining with his cousin Horace, also an ex-agent. The delicious dinner is uneventful. A day later Christopher has vanished. The months pass; peculiarly, his ashes are delivered by a Chinese official to the American consulate in Beijing. A memorial service is held in Washington. But Horace is not convinced that Christopher is dead and, enlisting the support of four other retired colleagues, he gets the Old Boys back in the game. Beginning with a photo of a woman's hand holding a centuries- old scroll, once in the possession of the Nazis and now sought by the American government as well as Muslim extremists, Horace Christopher and the Old Boys travel the globe.Harrassed by American intelligence, hunted by terroists, their search takes them from Xinjiang to Brazil, from Rome to Tel Aviv, Budapest to Moscow. Their mission: to find Paul Christopher and the unspeakably dangerous truth.
'everything Charles McCarry fans might look for in his books is firmly in placeYes, this is a welcome return by a master.' -- Barry Forshaw DAILY EXPRESS 'I can't recall a book which delivers such riches - including a perfect ending - with such consummate cool. This is a novel which makes you want to climb inside it and pull the pages over your head. Absolute bliss!' -- Philip Oakes THE LITERARY REVIEW 'Certainly McCarry has lost none of his fire, and there are enough sparks of the old Christopher magic to make one long for the glorious days of the Cold War.' -- Michael Carlson THE SPECTATOR 'It is insights such as this that earn Charles McCarry his A-1 rating as a writer and make his relative secrecy among readers a cause for much regret.' -- Mark Lawson THE GUARDIAN 'he deserves to be famous and his books bestsellers... McCarry's thrillers really thrill, his political insight is praised by senior politicians and his erudition, experience and good writing turn spy stories into literature -- Jessica Mann THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'he is a good writer who, as a former spy himself, knows exactly what he talks about.' THE ECONOMIST
Charles McCarry was born in 1930, and spent much of his non-writing life working for the CIA. He divides his time between the Berkshires and Florida's west coast.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297847656 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297847651 |
| Title | Old Boys |
| Author | Charles Mccarry |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2004-09-09 |
| Number of pages | 476 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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