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Charles McCarry (June 14, 1930 – February 26, 2019) [1] was an American writer, primarily of spy fiction, and a former undercover operative for the Central Intelligence Agency. [ 2 ] Biography
President in: The Better Angels (1979) and Shelley's Heart (1995) by Charles McCarry; Was from Kentucky, and served from 1993 to 1997 (The Better Angels) and 2001–2005 (Shelley's Heart). Defeats President Franklin Douglass Mallory and runs against him four years later.
President in: Shelley's Heart by Charles McCarry (1995 novel) Former Senator from Massachusetts who is chosen to be vice president by President R. Tucker Attenborough. Appointed as vice president in less than a day, and then takes over as acting President due to Attenborough's failing health under the 25th Amendment. Party: Democratic
President in: Shelley's Heart by Charles McCarry (1995 novel) Speaker of the House, he becomes president after the resignation of impeached President Bedford Forrest Lockwood. Next in line of succession due to the death of Vice President Williston Graves. His efforts resolve a Constitutional crisis due to an election stolen by computer fraud.
Wrong Is Right, released in the UK as The Man with the Deadly Lens, is a 1982 American political satire comedy thriller film directed, written, and co-produced by Richard Brooks and starring Sean Connery as TV news reporter Patrick Hale.
The great Shelley Duvall has passed away at the age of 75 due to complications from diabetes and left behind an incredible career spanning decades as a leading lady, character actress, and even an ...
McCarry apparently wrote The Miernik Dossier with no idea that Christopher would go on to become the hero of future novels. As the Christopher saga expanded and background details were fleshed in, discrepancies arose between the newer books and what the reader had been told about Christopher in earlier books, including this one.
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 ...