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Blackford " Blackie "/" Black " Oakes is a fictional character, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, spy and the protagonist of a series of novels written by William F. Buckley, Jr. Early life. Oakes was born in 1925. He served in World War II as a fighter pilot and graduated from Yale University. [1] .
Mar 11, 2018 · “Readers of a William Buckley spy novel already know CIA agent Blackford Oakes,” the Hinckley sisters write. “They know what to expect from the author’s wit and can look forward to another imaginary conversation between presidents, foreign-policy advisors, and other famous people.
Dec 24, 2017 · In “The Genesis of Blackford Oakes,” an amusing article detailing how the first spy novel came to be, Buckley says he committed “literary iconoclasm” by making the Americans—the good guys. The Cold War, Buckley explains, is a battle between Good and Evil, the East and West not morally equivalent.
He is the founder and CEO of Oakes Farms, an agribusiness based in Immokalee, Florida, which produces, packages, distributes, and sells fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products. He also owns Fruit Dynamics, Food & Thought and Thoughtful Threads.
Jan 29, 1988 · William F. Buckley Jr. denies that his fictional hero Blackford Oakes is his alter ego, but admits that when the day comes that Oakes gets married, his view...
Blackford Oakes is on sabbatical from his job as a spy for the C.I.A., and as far as he’s concerned, he’s earned his time off. But then he falls into the arms of a beautiful agent for the KGB, and he must face a choice: betray her or deal with a friend who is pushing for a united Germany.
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Blackford Oakes is written as an incredibly handsome, virile man who is equally at home in the dining hall of Windsor Castle and in a back bedroom of a French burlesque house. In that regards he might sound like a twin to James Bond but in action and in thought he is worlds apart.
