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by: Charles McCarry
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781585679423
ISBN: 1585679429
Label: Overlook TP
Manufacturer: Overlook TP
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
Publisher: Overlook TP
Sales Rank: 416289
Studio: Overlook TP
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Product Description:
Paul Christopher is cool, urbane, clear-sighted--a perfect American agent in deep cover in the twilight world of international intrigue. But now even he does not know which side is good or bad in a maze of double- and triplecross. A small group of international agents embark on a car trip in a Cadillac, from Switzerland to the Sudan--a comical Polish exile whose fear is no joke, a beautiful Hungarian seductress whose fiery sexuality makes her almost too hot to handle, and a North African prince whose appetite for women and lust for power are limitless. Christopher only knows that he has to find whose finger is on the trigger of bloody terrorism and Cold War takeover--and God help everyone if he makes a mistake.
The Miernik Dossier is a compelling and distinctive thriller--the first by the widely celebrated Charles McCarry and the introduction to his eminent agent, Paul Christopher. Finally back in paperback, readers can meet Paul Christopher again--or for the first time. There's a Mc-Carry revolution underway.
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Rating:  - Classic cold-war era spy story
I admire that the writing style fits the era. Written as a series of diary entries and communiques, the story plays out in layers. The reader is privy to the thoughts and perspectives of most of the main players and there is narration from yet one more.
Difficult to follow if read in too many sittings.
I liked the unemotional delivery which allows the reader to inject his or her own emotional response to the narrative.
Very filme noire.
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Rating:  - Head and shoulders above most current spy novels
As a writer McCarry blows away the current thrller writers such as Brad Thor et. al. His characters are real people, psychologically complex. Because of his background as an actual intelligence officer he is able to describe how the game is really played, not resort to a lot of Jason Bourne-style shootouts. He also uses an ingenious plot device- information about the characters is revealed through agent reports, surveillance logs, and the like. McCarry skillfully illustrates how World War II- only 15 ... Read More
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