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by: Charles McCarry
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781590200148
ISBN: 1590200144
Label: Overlook TP
Manufacturer: Overlook TP
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: January 29, 2008
Publisher: Overlook TP
Sales Rank: 447722
Studio: Overlook TP
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Product Description:
On a rainy night in Paris, Paul Christopher's lover Molly Benson falls victim to a vehicular homicide minutes after Christopher boards a jet to Vietnam. To explain this seemingly senseless murder, The Last Supper takes its readers back not only to the earliest days of Christopher's life, but also to the origins of the CIA in the clandestine operations of the OSS during World War II. Moving seamlessly from tales of refugee smuggling in Nazi Germany, to OSS-coordinated guerilla warfare against the Japanese in Burma, to the chaotic violence of the Vietnam War, McCarry creates an intimate history of the shadow world of deceit and betrayal that penetrates the psyches of the men and women who live within it.
Perhaps the most richly complex of McCarry's renowned Paul Christopher novels, The Last Supper is an epic recreation of the history of an organization ensnared by a culture of conspiracy, deceit, and senseless violence.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - slow and predictable
One reviewer here says that this book ends up "putting Charles McCarry in the same literary league with John LeCarre, Alan Furst, Eric Ambler and Ken Follet." While I do enjoy a couple of those writers, or at least a few of those books, one thing that authors like LeCarre especially have in common with 'The Last Supper' is that the story is very slow. It uncoils like a leisurely afternoon. The prose truly reminded me of LeCarre and his intellectual spy thrillers. If you like LeCarre's books, I am ... Read More
Rating:  - An all encompassing nest of spies
Charles Mc Carry's "The Last Supper" is a multi layered and often overwhelming espionage thriller surrounding the life of one time OSS and CIA operative Paul Christopher.
The novel commences with Christopher having left the CIA embarking on a trip to Vietnam to thwart some old enemies from endangering his lie and those close to him. His departure coincides with the killing of his long time lover Molly Benson who eluded protection from an old colleague of Christopher's while rushing to ... Read More
Rating:  - The Last Supper
I enjoyed this book very much. It tied up some loose ends in previous "Christoper Holland" books I had read by Charles McCarry. I am looking forward to reading the rest of his books, especially those with Christopher Holland in them.
Rating:  - Rave reviewers must have read just the first chapter
I think this is the lowest rating I've ever given a book. Usually reviews in the newpapers are a good indication of what's between the covers. The reviewers and the quotes on the dust jacket promise that McCarry is a new LeCarre. But once you get past the first chapter (which does grab you), what you get is an author whose characters are ludicrously stereotypical and laughably one-dimensional.
It would be more laughable if it wasn't so transparent. Bad guys are really, really bad. ... Read More
Rating: - Full Course Meal
Charles McCarry continues his saga of CIA operative, Paul Christopher, with this fine novel that further develops characters and plotlines begun in his earlier work, Tears of Autumn. Christopher returns to Viet Nam in an attempt to intercede and prevent the forces that may bring harm to his beloved Molly in reaction to the discoveries Christopher made regarding the Kennedy assassination in Tears of Autumn. Tragedy follows and Christopher ends up in a Chinese prison.
The novel expands the ... Read More
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