High jinx - Softcover

William F. Buckley Jr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099530902 ISBN 13: 9780099530909

Publisher: Arrow Books, 1986

Synopsis

In 1954 when a joint British-American mission to liberate a Soviet satellite is scuttled by the wholesale interception of sensitive cable traffic, Blackford Oakes must find the mole

About this title

About the Author:

William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) was the founder of National Review and the host of one of television's longest-running public affairs programs, Firing Line. The author of more than fifteen novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers, he won the National Book Award for Stained Glass, the second in the series featuring Blackford Oakes.

From Publishers Weekly:

Buckley's almostparfit knight Blackford Oakes is in England during 1954 at the start of the seventh story of his escapades. A joint British-American commando team parachutes into Albania to liberate the country but is immediately caught and killed. An "album" with pictures of the dead soldiers arrives at CIA headquarters in London, whereupon Blackford and his British allies set out to find out how Russian agents knew about the mission in advance. In time, suspicion centers on Engand's great scientist, a Nobel laureate, and his henchman since their days at Trinity College. Leaving Blackford for long stretches, the narrative focuses on Beria, head of the secret police in the USSR, and his efforts to manipulate events after Stalin's death. There is also agitation in Washington, where the Dulles brothers, President Eisenhower and others are disturbed by the possibility that Russia has cracked the code in which messages are exchanged between the U.S. and England. Buckley's ingenious plot and linguistic ballet show him in top form. Literary Guild dual main selection.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0099530902
• ISBN 13: 9780099530909
• Binding: Paperback