Synopsis
On a rainy night in Paris, Paul Christopher's lover Molly Benson falls victim to a vehicular homicide minutes after Christopher boards a jet bound for Vietnam. To explain this senseless murder, 'The Last Supper' takes its readers back not only to the earliest days of Christopher's life, but also to the origins of the CIA in the clandestine operations of the OSS during World War II. Moving seamlessly from tales of refugee smuggling in Nazi Germany to OSS-coordinated guerrilla warfare against the Japanese in Burma to the confused violence of the Vietnam War, McCarry creates an intimate history of the shadow-world of deceit and betrayal that penetrates the psyches of the men and women who live within it. Perhaps the most richly complex of McCarry's renowned Paul Christopher novels, 'The Last Supper' is an epic recreation of the history of an organization ensnared by a culture of conspiracy, deceit and senseless violence.
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Review
'The classic thriller by the absolute best thriller writer alive' --P.J. O'Rourke
'McCarry is an exceptional novelist' --Alan Furst
'Richly satisfying' --New Yorker
'McCarry is an exceptional novelist' --Alan Furst
'Richly satisfying' --New Yorker
About the Author
Charles McCarry is the author of the much-praised novels 'Christopher's Ghosts', 'The Miernik Dossier', 'The Tears of Autumn', 'The Last Supper' and 'Old Boys'. During the Cold War he was an intelligence officer operating under deep cover in Europe, Africa and Asia.
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THE LAST SUPPER
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ISBN 10: 0451128575
ISBN 13: 9780451128577
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- A woman's tragic death in a vehicular homicide minutes after her lover, Paul Christopher, leaves for Vietnam gives way to details about Christopher's youth and the origins of the CIA in the clandestine operations of the OSS during World War II. By the author of The Tears of Autumn. . .See photos for additional content. . . Seller Inventory # 31840
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The Last Supper
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1984
ISBN 10: 0451128575
ISBN 13: 9780451128577
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The Last Supper
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ISBN 10: 0451128575
ISBN 13: 9780451128577
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The Last Supper [Paul Christopher Universe, #5/#2]
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