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Jan 01, 1997 | ISBN 9780440221852 Buy
Aug 18, 2010 | ISBN 9780307762900 Buy
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Jan 01, 1997 | ISBN 9780440221852
Aug 18, 2010 | ISBN 9780307762900
Stephen Hunter has chosen the backdrop of the chaotic and cruel Spanish Civil War to weave a classic tale of espionage and counterespionage. Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. The British Secret Service suspect that the flamboyant Raines was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks during his student days at Oxford and send Robert Florry, a struggling young writer to Spain after Raines with orders to eliminate him. Florry was an old school chum to Raines and had every reason to hate him. The British are not alone on Raines’ trail. The ruthless Communist leader in Barcelona believes that the identity of the double agent conceals a powerful and profitable secret. It is a novel that constantly surprises.
Stephen Hunter is the author of 20 novels and the retired chief film critic for the Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. His novels include The Third Bullet; Sniper’s Honor; I, Sniper; I, Ripper; and Point of Impact, which was adapted for… More about Stephen Hunter
Originally published as The Spanish GambitSome came for love. Others for money. In a country ripped apart by war, each will find a way to live–or die…“Brilliant.”–Tom Clancy“Constantly surprising.”—The Washington Post“Hunter is a deft craftsman with a sure sense of pace and scene.”—The Washington Post“Stephen Hunter is the best writer of straight-out thrillers working today.”—Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colo.)
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