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Jul 08, 2013
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"THE TEARS OF AUTUMN" is a compelling, well-crafted novel centered on Paul Christopher, a CIA Special Agent who has served in the Agency since the 1950s. When the story begins, it is October 1963 and Christopher is involved in deep cover work in South Vietnam. Weeks later, in the aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination, Christopher leaves the CIA and, on his own, armed only with his skills, a facility for languages, and a theory as to who killed Kennedy and why, pursues leads from Saigon,
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This was not a fast paced thriller but an excellently written spy novel that was filled with tension throughout and had one of the better fictional explanations for the JFK assassination. Listened to the audio version read by Stefan Rudnicki
A wonderfully written espionage novel that mines the motives of the characters in ways that deepens the plot and adds emotional complexity to the story.
(This October of the Pandemic year 2020 I started reading the Paul Christopher series in sequence from Book 1 to 10 spanning original publication dates from 1974 to 2007)
Book 2: The author jumps forward a few years from the stage of Book 1 (The Miernik Dossier) whereupon we find Paul Christopher (PC) in November 1963 in the aftermath of the JFK assassination. At this point, PC has had a successful career as an American spy and has numerous connections all over the globe. His recent missions in T ...more
Book 2: The author jumps forward a few years from the stage of Book 1 (The Miernik Dossier) whereupon we find Paul Christopher (PC) in November 1963 in the aftermath of the JFK assassination. At this point, PC has had a successful career as an American spy and has numerous connections all over the globe. His recent missions in T ...more
This is one of the first Vietnam books and JFK conspiracy books. I read it a long time ago, then re-read it about four years ago. I loved it the first time and that led me to read every Charles McCarry books. The five-star rating was for the first read. Strangely, the second read wasn't as entertaining. I would give the second reading a four star.
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One of the best spy novels of all time.
The premise for this spy mystery is entertaining and informative, and it does a remarkable job of weaving many JFK assassination issues into the story. The plot is skillfully built, with well-detailed scenes. It involves lots of characters from many nations, and I'd forgotten about a couple of them by the time they reentered the action. The entire novel is presented from the perspective of one spy. I never learned much about his non-professional thoughts aside from his past and present love inte
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Just fantastic. Great plot, great characters, very well written.
I read the Kindle version, which had too many distracting typos
I read the Kindle version, which had too many distracting typos
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