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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
A Very Private Plot (1994) – Oakes in 1995 is called to testify about operations he conducted in the 1980s, especially one in particular involving a domestic Soviet plot to assassinate Mikhail Gorbachev. Last Call for Blackford Oakes (2005) – Set in 1987, Oakes confronts the infamous Soviet defector, Kim Philby.
Mar 11, 2018 · Oakes spends thirty-six years in the CIA, rising to Director of Operations in Last Call for Blackford Oakes, which takes place during Reagan’s final year in office. In novels where the good guys are the Americans, it makes sense that Oakes is “distinctively American” (original emphasis here and elsewhere). Oakes is self-confident, witty ...
Jul 17, 2005 · A group of young Russians, weary and demoralized by the brutal Soviet war against Afghanistan, had planned to kill the Communist leader. Oakes, veteran CIA agent, was in secret and unshared touch...
Jul 17, 2005 · "Last Call for Blackford Oakes" is a consistently engaging piece of espionage cloak-and-daggitude that roams ruefully across the near-terminal days of the cold...
May 1, 2005 · LAST CALL FOR BLACKFORD OAKES. by William F. Buckley Jr. ‧RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2005. A muted ending to a less-than-thrilling spy’s career. bookshelf. shop now. amazon. In his glasnost-era curtain call, Blackford Oakes comes off not so much world-weary as simply weary.
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Blackford Oakes Series. 11 primary works • 13 total works. In 1975, conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr., published Saving the Queen, the first in a series of spy novels starring CIA agent Blackford Oakes.
