- Persian Gulf War, 1991, Fiction, War stories, Persian gulf war, 1991, fiction
A Gulf War spy story featuring Mike Martin, an Arabic-speaking British agent. He is sent to Baghdad after the invasion of Kuwait to contact a mole in Saddam Hussein's entourage, but the information he obtains is so unbelievable, his superiors decide he's been duped. When they realize their mistake, Martin's mission becomes even more dangerous.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Frederick Forsyth
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 672
- Publisher
- Bantam Books, ĖKSMO, NXB Nhân văn
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- vie, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780788700279
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