- Fiction, Fugitives from justice, thriller, espionage
Miles Kendig is one of the CIA’s top deep-cover agents, until an injury ruins him for active duty. Rather than take a desk job, he retires. But the tawdry thrills of civilian life—gambling, drinking, sex—offer none of the pleasures of the intelligence game.
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Grave, earnest, unpretentious and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- First published
- December 1, 1967
- Pages
- 284
- Publisher
- M. Evans, Forge, Curley
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780452250505
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“In Paris the gambling was hidden but easy enough to find.”
Brian Francis Wynne Garfield is an American novelist and screenwriter. He wrote his first published book at the age of eighteen and wrote several novels under such pen names as "Frank Wynne" and "'Brian Wynne" before gaining prominence when his book Hopscotch (1975) won the 1976 Edgar Award for Best Novel. - Wikipedia
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