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Old Boys
by McCarry, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1585675458
- ISBN 13
- 9781585675456
- Seller
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Barberton, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Overlook Pr, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Nice, clean Hardcover book with Dustjacket. Minor shelfwear to DJ..
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
- Snowball Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SE4174
- Title
- Old Boys
- Author
- McCarry, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1585675458
- ISBN 13
- 9781585675456
- Publisher
- Overlook Pr
- Place of Publication
- Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Snowball Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Barberton, Ohio
About Snowball Bookshop
A charming used bookstore in a renovated building in beautiful Downtown Barberton, OH. A general bookstore with over 1000,000 volumes of very nice condition hardcover and paperback books in all categories. Store hours are Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4.
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