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Last Call for Blackford Oakes (Blackford Oakes, Bk 11)
Last Call for Blackford Oakes - Blackford Oakes, Bk 11 Author:William F. Buckley Jr. More than 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. — Against the backdrop of sinister ... more »Cold War intrigue, Oakes crosses paths 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. But after his return to Washington he receives dismaying news, and it is inevitable that the great Soviet spy and the renowned American agent will meet again -- this time, with deadly consequences.« less