Hemingway's Notebook: A November Man Novel ** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING **

Granger, Bill

ISBN 10: 0517559374 / ISBN 13: 9780517559376

Published by Crown, 1986

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FIRST EDITION stated, FIRST PRINTING of this hardcover book. Full number line including the "1". Cream colored cloth on burgundy paper boards with burgundy foil lettering. Boards are rigid and warp-free. Couple pencil-point sized shallow indentations at bottom of front board. Spine is flat and square. Corners are crisp. No previous owner marks (no names, no underlining, no bookplates, etc). No remainder marks. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright.

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synopsis
Forced into a deadly mission, an elite agent must obtain government secrets to save the woman he loves in this espionage thriller.

Everyone is looking for it on St. Michel in the Caribbean. Here the president is a raving lunatic, the "Black Police" have the run of the capital, guerilla forces mass in the hills, an organized crime syndicate plans its own takeover, and U.S. agents brutally battle for a document filled with hot political secrets, the lost notebook of Ernest Hemingway.

And here one of America's toughest spies, the man they call November, will need all his courage and cunning if the coveted prize is to be his.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1787709202549

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hemingway's Notebook: A November Man Novel ** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING **
• Publisher: Crown
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517559374
• ISBN 13: 9780517559376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Weight: 566.99 grams

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Synopsis

The November Man journeys to the politically explosive Caribbean island of St. Michel and discovers an American agent who claims to possess Hemingway's journal of his Cuban sojourn during the Bay of Pigs, a notebook alleging CIA and Mafia involvement in the region

Reviews

Twenty-five years ago in Cuba, Harry Francis played prankish games with Ernest Hemingway while working for the CIA. Now Harry lives and drinks on the Caribbean island of St. Michel, where rebels in the hills fight the government and where another former agent, Col. Ready, heads the army. Harry is rumored to have a notebook from his Cuba years that confirms the extent and stupidity of CIA involvement in the Bay of Pigs debacle. The CIA wants the notebook, as does R Section, a group set up by Kennedy in '61 to "watch the watchers." Ready wants the notebook too, and flushes another ex-agent, code-named November, from hiding, coercing him into going after it. The CIA, arm-in-arm with organized crime, launches an invasion of St. Michel by paramilitary exiles. November finds the notebook; R Section watches. Using them all to his own ends, Ready is a master player. But so is November, who needs to outplay the opposition to save the woman he loves. Truth, fiction and history peel in layers. Grainger, author of The November Man, has been compared to le Carre, Ludlum and Fleming. But this lean, suspenseful tale, peopled with compelling characters, has a drive and signature all its own. January 15
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Devereaux, an ex-CIA agent and one-time KGB target long since presumed dead, is actually hiding out in Switzerland. Discovered by Colonel Ready, another ex-CIA agent turned mercenary, Devereaux is blackmailed into joining the colonel on St. Michel, a Caribbean island which just happens to be overburdened with guerrillas in the hills, a mad president, and a bumbling local CIA agent. Colonel Ready runs the army and holds Devereaux's girlfriend as a hostage. There is so much rape, torture, murder, and general violence in this spy thriller that it actually gets in the way of the thin plot. The characters are equally thin and unappealing. Only for the largest fiction collections. Brian Alley, Sangamon State Univ. Lib., Springfield, Ill.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.