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Old Boys
by McCarry, Charles
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1585675458
- ISBN 13
- 9781585675456
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About This Item
Overlook Press, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A clean tight unmarked copy of the stated first edition with copyright page number line complete from "1." Dust jacket (price intact) has a tiny tear at top of front flap. Pretty much impeccable. We ship all books promptly, carefully, and securely in sturdy cartons, never in mailing bags.
Synopsis
In his magnificent new novel, Charles McCarry returns to the world of his legendary character, 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 begins, Paul Christopher, now an aging but remarkably fit 70ish, is dining at home with his cousin Horace, also an ex-agent. Dinner is delicious and uneventful. A day later, Paul has vanished. The months pass, Paulís ashes are delivered by a Chinese official to the American consulate in Beijing and a memorial service is held in Washington. But Horace is not convinced that Paul is dead and, enlisting the support of six other retired colleagues—a sort of all-star backfield of the old Outfit—Horace gets the "Old Boys" back in the game to find Paul Christopher. They start with a photo found in Paulís study: a womanís hand holding a centuriesí old scroll, once in the possession of the Nazis and now sought by the U.S. government and Muslim extremists alike. Harassed by American intelligence, hunted by terrorists, Horace Christopher and the Old Boys travel the globe, from Xinjiang to Brazil, from Rome to Tel Aviv, Budapest to Moscow, in search of Paul and the unspeakably dangerous truth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Fox (Bookseller)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000179
- Title
- Old Boys
- Author
- McCarry, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1585675458
- ISBN 13
- 9781585675456
- Publisher
- Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 512
- X weight
- 0 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Fox (Bookseller)
Biblio member since 2016
Hillsboro, Oregon
About Michael Fox (Bookseller)
Internet seller of interesting books, whether because they are on subjects of particular interest or because they are distinguished, important, different, or downright odd -- these criteria based on my 50+ years as a bookseller or publisher.
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