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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
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.
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).
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.
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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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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