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Laddar... Tears of Autumn (urspr publ 1974; utgåvan 2009)av Charles McCarry
VerksinformationThe Tears of Autumn av Charles McCarry (1974)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Great Reading the obituaries in the newspaper often leads me to discoveries or lives led and things done that I had somehow missed or forgotten about. Charles McCarry recently passed away and I happened to read the obit in the Washington Post and I had to wonder how I had never heard of him or read any of his books. The description seemed right up my alley, to sum it up he was presented as the American version of John le Carre´. I saw that "Tears of Autumn" was considered his best book so I dove right in. I'm very happy I did. I love a writer who has faith in the patience and intelligence of his or her readers and clearly Mr. MCcCarry did. The book is written in the third person and while it is omniscient, it is what I'd call selectively omniscient. Our hero, Paul Christopher, will interact with someone and the dialog and action seems cryptic. We are not given the explanation right away and as the reader you need to have the patience to just tuck it away. Every time it is paid off later and in such a seamless style. There are no jarring info dumps here. He makes sure we know all at the end by engineering a totally organic and natural update of the Poirot telling all in the study at the end of an Agatha Christie mystery. The story is complex and really sprawls out but it all seems real and correct. Clearly Mr. McCarry's real work in the espionage world informed his writing. There are no silly chase scenes or crazy shoot outs in this book. If that is what you want you won't like this. Paul Christopher is not like James Bond, thank goodness, he is a real person doing real work. The plot is actually quite amazing and it was a surprise to me how it developed. I won't even start to spoil it because having it revealed to you as a reader is part of the joy of this book. I'm sorry I didn't know about him earlier but I will definitely be reading more of his books. He is definitely playing the same arena as le Carre´, with a decidedly American spin. Keep reading those obits! Charles McCarry's "Tears of Autumn," a work of fiction, is so believable that it is surprising that here in 2020 conspiracy theorist haven't latched onto it as non-fiction in disguise. Paul Christopher is said to be an intelligence officer with three major traits: First, "he's intelligent and entirely unsentimental. Second, he will go to any lengths to get at the truth, he never gives up. Third, he is not subject to fear." Christopher sets out to ascertain if RFK's assassination was in retaliation for the deaths of Ngo Dinh Diam and Ngo Dinh Nhu. Although his search is violently opposed as an attempt to besmirch Kennedy's legacy, Christopher never falters even after U.S. agents attempt to assassinate him and Vietnamese killers threaten his lover, Molly. Christopher is not entirely unsentimental and he does fear, if only for Molly's life.
The best novel by America’s greatest writer of espionage fiction is also the most credible account of President Kennedy’s assassination. You will believe it’s what really happened. Ingår i serienPaul Christopher (2) Har som instuderingsbok
"Charles McCarry's novel of espionage and foreign affairs, was a major bestseller upon its first publication in 1975. Spun from the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and featuring secret agent Paul Christopher, it's a tour de force of action and enigma." "Christopher, at the height of his powers, believes he knows who arranged the assassination, and why. His theory is so destructive of the legend of the dead president, though, and so dangerous to the survival of foreign policy that he is ordered to desist from investigating. But he is a man who lives by, and for, the truth - and his internal compunctions force him to the heart of the matter. Christopher resigns from the Agency and embarks on a tour of investigation that takes him from Paris to Rome, Zurich, the Congo, and Saigon. Threatened by Kennedy's assassins and by his own government, Christopher follows the scent of his suspicion - one breath behind the truth, one step ahead of discovery and death."--BOOK JACKET. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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