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Last Call for Blackford Oakes is a 2005 Blackford Oakes novel by William F. Buckley, Jr. It is the final of the 11 novels in the Blackford Oakes series. Plot. CIA agent Blackford Oakes confronts Kim Philby, a British double agent who defected to the Soviet Union, in 1987. References
Philby, Kim, 1912-1988, Oakes, Blackford (Fictitious character), Americans, Intelligence officers, Cold War Publisher Orlando : Harcourt Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 456419924
Jul 17, 2005 · Oakes, veteran CIA agent, was in secret and unshared touch with a Soviet defector he had long experienced as antagonist, but who was now a hidden ally.
May 2, 2005 · Against the backdrop of sinister Cold War intrigue, in this his eleventh outing, Oakes crosses paths—and swords—with Kim Philby, perhaps the highest-ranking in the parade of defectors to the Soviet Union. Oakes is now himself a master spy, working out of the agency and around agency rules.
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This newly minted CIA agent-brainy, bold, and complex-began his career by saving the queen of England and quickly took his place in the pantheon of master spies drawn up by Somerset Maugham,...
Nov 7, 2016 · Last Call for Blackford Oakes. William F. Buckley. Head of Zeus, Nov 7, 2016 - Fiction - 368 pages. Debonair superspy Blackford Oakes takes on one last mission in the rollicking conclusion...
May 1, 2006 · More than twenty years ago William F. Buckley Jr. launched the dashing character of Blackford Oakes like a missile over the literary landscape. This newly minted CIA agent-brainy, bold, and complex-began his career by saving the queen of England and quickly took his place in the pantheon of master spies drawn up by Somerset Maugham, Graham ...
