Stained Glass

by William F. Buckley, Jr.

Series: Blackford Oakes (book 2)

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What makes Oakes, and the book, interesting is that he is decidedly not the superagent type like James Bond or Jason Bourne, but a bright man who tries to follow the rules, ‘though he bends them from time to time, for reasons based on human foibles.

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National Book Award (Mystery (Paperback), 1980)

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As the Cold War heats up, and the charismatic Alex Wintergrin rouses his countrymen to reunite Germany, Blackford Oakes is thrown into the arms of a beautiful KGB agent and into a dilemma. Reprint.

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