From bestselling author William F. Buckley, Jr., comes a thrilling fictional account of the Cold War and the CIA's most renowned and enigmatic counter-intelligence agent, James Jesus Angleton. "The ultimate in spy novels".--"The New York Daily News".
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From bestselling author William F. Buckley, Jr., comes a thrilling fictional account of the Cold War and the CIA's most renowned and enigmatic counter-intelligence agent, James Jesus Angleton. "The ultimate in spy novels".--"The New York Daily News".
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0151005133. Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. First edition, first printing. Hard cover published by Harcourt in 2000. Bottom edges of pages have a black mark by spine. Verso of rear endpaper has a note at bottom from the prior owner about how the book was signed. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover and is in very good condition. Large 8vo, 305 pages, 1.4 lb.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 305 pages; Signed by Author.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Buckley on the title page. Miminal shelfwear and spine topedge with narrow wrinkle; dustjacket corners touched. Unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.
Link any Buckley book, every few pages there is a word that even an experienced reader must look up: "grateful ORISONS of history" p.6, "Something eclatant." p.8, "from his eyrie in Bern" p.9, "De mortuis nil nisi bonum" p. 56, "But then there was the fillip" p. 120, "I am a satyr witness" p. 121, "a nice romantic bowdlerization of the world" p. 129, "the dormer window" p. 143, "full Arab aba gowns" p. 149, "as if a tonsure was his purpose" p. 150, "put on his pince-nez" p. 186, "At first there was just the rebab, p. 194, "any hemidemisemiquaver in the Communist line" p. 197, and my favorite "the placid remains of his ardor" p. 211 -- and many more. The story moves quickly, has reasonable coverage of Angleton's early career in Italy, and includes a very surprising ending that I won't spoil for you. Espionage, betrayal, mystery, violence and of course sex -- all the perfect ingredients for an interesting espionage novel, told only as William can.
martyrr
Sep 6, 2007
Exciting and well written spy novel
I really liked all the references to real-world events of the time. Very interesting and well written...if you like the whole spy thing, you'll enjoy this one!