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It takes place in 1960 and '61, a year after the events in the first Christopher novel, The Miernik Dossier, published in 1973, and three years before the beginning of The Tears of Autumn, published in 1974, which was actually the second book McCarry wrote about Christopher. Later books by McCarry, ten in all as of 2013, expanded from focusing ...
Later books by McCarry, nine more in all, expanded from focusing solely on Christopher into what might be considered a chronicle of the Christopher universe: two novels feature his cousins, the Hubbards, and in many of the other Christopher novels his father, mother, one-time wife, and daughter play important and recurring roles.
Ten of McCarry's novels involve the life story of a fictional character named Paul Christopher, who grew up in pre-Nazi Germany, and later served in the Marines and became an operative for a U.S. government entity known as "the Outfit", meant to represent the Central Intelligence Agency. These books are, in order of publication:
McCarry is the genuine article. This is a blazingly good read that is almost impossible to put down." In a wide-ranging review of McCarry's fiction, Pulitzer Prize -winning book critic Michael Dirda of The Washington Post [ 3 ] observes that the character of Barnabas (Barney) Wolkowicz, Paul Christopher's dogged mentor in espionage work ...
In November 1963, American intelligence case officer and former Marine Paul Christopher investigates the assassination of US President John F Kennedy.Believing that the Kennedy White House was behind the assassination of Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, Christopher deduces that Vietnamese leaders had Kennedy assassinated as revenge.
Authored by Paul McCusker. 1: Strange Journey Back 2: High Flyer with a Flat Tire 3: The Secret Cave of Robinwood 4: Behind the Locked Door 5: Lights Out at Camp What-a-Nut 6: The King's Quest
Sugar Creek Gang is a series of 36 Christian-themed children's literature books written by Paul Hutchens. [1] The original series is set near Thorntown, Indiana, and named for the nearby Sugar Creek, based upon the formative years of Paul and his six brothers, and chronicles adventure situations told from a faith-based didactic perspective.
Every other month the series was complemented by the release of a "Super Bolan", titles that were twice the length of a standard Executioner novel. Following the exploits of Mack Bolan and his war against organized crime and international terrorism, both series collectively total 631 novels (453 regular Executioner titles, plus 178 Super Bolan ...