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Blackford Oakes: Book 8
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The year is 1963. Fidel Castro seeks revenge for his humiliation during the missile crisis while President Kennedy and his brother Robert have their own plan for ending the menance of the Caribbean dictator. It's called Operation Mongoose. Blackford Oakes, the CIA's urbane ace agent,... read more
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First Sentence edit
RUFUS WAS ALWAYS formally hospitable, but even the few who had experienced his extra-professional hospitality-Blackford Oakes, for all his youth, was conspicuous in that small and irregular company-could never quite be sure which Rufus it was they were now going to be exposed to.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 11 in Blackford Oakes. (standard series)
Preceded by High Jinx, and followed by Tucker's Last Stand.
Authors & Contributors edit
- William F. Buckley, Jr. (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 401.430285
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