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William F. Buckley, Jr. editor of National Review, may be remembered by posterity as the novelist who created Blackford Oakes. In this installment, Buckley uses a celebrated incident of 20 years ago to create a fictional adventure with official history. Oakes has just been cashiered from... read more

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AFTER THE FIRST DAY Blackford Oakes wondered why the court, as everyone persisted in calling it, went on and on, in such tedious detail.

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This is book 4 of 11 in Blackford Oakes. (standard series)

Preceded by Who's on First, and followed by The Story of Henri Tod.

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  1. William F. Buckley, Jr. (Author)

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