ASSASSINATION! JULY 14 by Ben Abro, James D. Le Sueur (Foreword) ( 9780803259393 )

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ASSASSINATION! JULY 14

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ISBN 10:

0803259395

ISBN 13:

9780803259393

Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 April, 2001

Pages:

256

Description:

A political thriller about an assassination plot against Charles de Gaulle; including an introduction that tells the story behind the novel's publication and its lasting ramifications.

Synopsis:

July 14. One of Europe's most sinister terrorist organizations hatches a brilliant plan to assassinate the feared and powerful leader of France, President Charles de Gaulle. Max Palk, an extraordinarily talented British secret agent, is summoned to Paris to hunt down the assassins before it is too late. Ensnared in a terrifying web of doublecross and death, Palk races against the clock to outmaneuver, outshoot, and outthink his increasingly desperate foes.A decade before The Day of the Jackal appeared, Ben Abro's Assassination! July 14 became an international sensation, thanks to its sizzling plot, an ingenious, intellectual hero, and a realistic depiction of France's volatile political scene in the 1960s. In fact, the novel proved too real, provoking outrage and a lawsuit that shut down its publication. For the first time in decades, this gripping, underground thriller is again widely available. The equally riveting story behind the novel and the controversy it spawned are carefully explained in an informative essay by James D. Le Sueur. Drawing upon interviews with the authors, court transcripts, and recent evidence and scholarship, Le Sueur examines how an item of popular culture could have had such national and international repercussions.

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