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The Blackford Oakes Reader: Ten Characters from Ten Best Sellers - VERY GOOD
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- Unbranded
- MPN
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- ISBN
- 9781583483831
- Book Title
- Blackford Oakes Reader
- Book Series
- Blackford Oakes Mystery Ser.
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- iUniverse, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Thrillers / Espionage, Short Stories (Single Author), Mystery & Detective / General
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 17.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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It all started when editor Sam Vaughan asked William F. Buckley, "Why don't you try a novel?" To which America's most renowned conservative replied, "Sam, why don't you play a trumpet concerto?" Vaughan didn't take up this musical challenge, but he did send Buckley a book contract the next morning, and therein lies the origin of the Blackford Oakes novels, ten stories of international intrigue with Oakes, a distinctly American CIA agent, serving as a protagonist. The Blackford Oakes Reader is a collection of the character studies that lie at the heart of these novels. As Buckley explains in his introduction, "In the first novel I guess it is correct to say that I got the idea that it should frame one person (primarily). That person's character and experiences should illuminate the story." Oakes himself is the focus of the first book, Saving the Queen . Subsequently, Buckley would examine an aristocrat trying to exert his will on post-Hitler Germany, a pair of scientists dealing with life in the Soviet Union after confinement in the Gulag, a Spaniard serving as a pawn for the Party in Communist Cuba, and eight other diverse characters, all of whom find their lives entangled in the web of international espionage. Through his characters, Buckley gives a personal perspective to the most important and intriguing world events of the past 50 years. And his original introduction to the Blackford Oakes Reader , outlining the genesis of the novels, is in itself a treasure for Blackford Oakes fans.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
iUniverse, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1583483837
ISBN-13
9781583483831
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1644159
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blackford Oakes Reader
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Espionage, Short Stories (Single Author), Mystery & Detective / General
Book Series
Blackford Oakes Mystery Ser.
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Volume Number
Vol. 1
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-064968
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
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