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The Better Angels

by Charles McCarry
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In this political thriller by the author of The Secret Lovers, Paul Christopher’s cousins tinker with an election while a reporter chases a lead.
Originally published in 1979, The Better Angels is set close to the end of the twentieth century in a drastically changed America. The CIA has been dissolved into the Foreign Intelligence Service. It is an election year.  In Washington, D.C., an Englishman crashes a cocktail party at the home of TV anchorman Patrick Graham with a secret that could shake up an already deeply polarized nation. Soon, Graham is traveling the globe in search of the explosive truth . . .
From the writer the New York Times Book Review called “the genuine article,” The Better Angels is a thrilling and relevant masterwork.
Praise for The Better Angels
“A thinking man’s thriller with a frightening finale.” —Newsweek

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Publisher: ABRAMS, Inc.

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  • ISBN: 9781468300321
  • File size: 503 KB
  • Release date: August 16, 2022

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  • ISBN: 9781468300321
  • File size: 679 KB
  • Release date: August 16, 2022
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In this political thriller by the author of The Secret Lovers, Paul Christopher’s cousins tinker with an election while a reporter chases a lead.
Originally published in 1979, The Better Angels is set close to the end of the twentieth century in a drastically changed America. The CIA has been dissolved into the Foreign Intelligence Service. It is an election year.  In Washington, D.C., an Englishman crashes a cocktail party at the home of TV anchorman Patrick Graham with a secret that could shake up an already deeply polarized nation. Soon, Graham is traveling the globe in search of the explosive truth . . .
From the writer the New York Times Book Review called “the genuine article,” The Better Angels is a thrilling and relevant masterwork.
Praise for The Better Angels
“A thinking man’s thriller with a frightening finale.” —Newsweek

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Fiction Thriller