Old Boys: A Thriller Paperback - 2005
by Charles McCarry
In this magnificent novel from "the greatest espionage writer that America has ever produced" (Otto Penzler, "The New York Sun"), McCarry returns to the world of his legendary character Paul Christopher--who has mysteriously disappeared.
Summary
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.
Details
- Title Old Boys: A Thriller
- Author Charles McCarry
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date April 26, 2005
- ISBN 9780143035497 / 0143035495
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 5.14 x 0.86 in (21.03 x 13.06 x 2.18 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Spy stories, Intelligence service - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"Old Boys is like the best parts of 10 John le Carré novels all put together." —Time
"McCarry is a spy novelist of uncommon gifts . . . by turns mischievous and elegiac." —The Washington Post
"McCarry’s novels are the best of our time." —The Wall Street Journal
Citations
- Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 69
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