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As Anatole Broyard of the New York Times has so aptly said, If le Carre is the Henry James of suspense fiction, Buckley, if he chose, might be the Waugh. Bill Buckley has created a handsome American hero, Blackford Oakes, who 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 on a 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-higher still when the risk becomes one which Blacky alone must take.

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Buckley's ingenious plot and linguistic ballet show him in top form. -- Publishers Weekly Blackford Oakes is back and continues to be as witty, charming, and courageous as ever. -- Library Journal

Blackford Oakes is back and continues to be as witty, charming, and courageous as ever. -- Library Journal Buckley's ingenious plot and linguistic ballet show him in top form. -- Publishers Weekly

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William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) was the founder of National Review and the host of one of television's longest-running public affairs programs, Firing Line. The author of more than fifteen novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, he won the National Book Award for Stained Glass, the second in the series featuring Blackford Oakes. Christopher Hurt is an accomplished narrator with a lengthy resume of popular titles for Blackstone. A graduate of George Washington University's acting program, he currently resides in New York City.

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