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Old Boys: none

Old Boys: none

by Charles Mccarry (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

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Synopsis

Charles McCarry is considered by many to be a master of spy fiction In his magnificent new novel - his first for almost a decade - McCarry returns to the world of Paul Christopher, the crack intelligence agent who is as skilled at choosing a fine wine as he is at tradecraft, at once elegant and dangerous, sophisticated and rough-and-ready. As the novel opens, Christopher, ageing but fit, is dining with his cousin Horace, also an ex-agent. The delicious dinner is uneventful. A day later Christopher has vanished. The months pass; peculiarly, his ashes are delivered by a Chinese official to the American consulate in Beijing. A memorial service is held in Washington. But Horace is not convinced that Christopher is dead and, enlisting the support of four other retired colleagues, he gets the Old Boys back in the game. Beginning with a photo of a woman's hand holding a centuries- old scroll, once in the possession of the Nazis and now sought by the American government as well as Muslim extremists, Horace Christopher and the Old Boys travel the globe.Harrassed by American intelligence, hunted by terroists, their search takes them from Xinjiang to Brazil, from Rome to Tel Aviv, Budapest to Moscow. Their mission: to find Paul Christopher and the unspeakably dangerous truth.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 476
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: W&N
Published: 09 Sep 2004
ISBN 10: 0297847651
ISBN 13: 9780297847656
Book Overview: 'Infinitely seductive, sophisticated and authentic, finely conceived, perfectly written; a masterwork by an exceptional novelist who writes about espionage.' - Alan Furst, author of BLOOD OF VICTORY 'Every admirer of the superior espionage novel had given up hopes that McCarry would write again. But he has - and it's McCarry in top form! OLD BOYS is as seductive as THE MIERNIK DOSSIER, as psychologically intuitive as THE TEARS OF AUTUMN, and as politically wise as any novel written in recent years.' - Peter Benchley, author of JAWS 'A magical writer, the very best in his field' - Daily Telegraph 'Ranks up there with le Carre in a select class of two' - Peter Lewis, Daily Mail 'The books I've been recommending lately are Charles McCarry's' - Norman Mailer 'Thank God McCarry has been rescued from retirement and has written another book. I've been waiting years to find what happened to that old boy Paul Christopher' - Elmore Leonard In US Peter Mayer's Overlook Press is masterminding a McCarry revival. Foreign rights now sold in six countries.

Media Reviews
'everything Charles McCarry fans might look for in his books is firmly in place. Yes, this is a welcome return by a master.' -- Barry Forshaw DAILY EXPRESS 'I can't recall a book which delivers such riches - including a perfect ending - with such consummate cool. This is a novel which makes you want to climb inside it and pull the pages over your head. Absolute bliss!' -- Philip Oakes THE LITERARY REVIEW 'Certainly McCarry has lost none of his fire, and there are enough sparks of the old Christopher magic to make one long for the glorious days of the Cold War.' -- Michael Carlson THE SPECTATOR 'It is insights such as this that earn Charles McCarry his A-1 rating as a writer and make his relative secrecy among readers a cause for much regret.' -- Mark Lawson THE GUARDIAN 'he deserves to be famous and his books bestsellers... McCarry's thrillers really thrill, his political insight is praised by senior politicians and his erudition, experience and good writing turn spy stories into literature -- Jessica Mann THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'he is a good writer who, as a former spy himself, knows exactly what he talks about.' THE ECONOMIST
Author Bio
Charles McCarry was born in 1930, and spent much of his non-writing life working for the CIA. He divides his time between the Berkshires and Florida's west coast.