Another fun read by Charles McCarry. Found a hardcover copy of this one at a used book sale for only 2 bucks and snapped it up. At 558 pages I was a little intimidated to begin, so it sat around a while. I'm not one to read "Political Thrillers" either, which also didn't get me to rush to it.W...
In his afterword, Charles McCarry swears this novel isn't meant to be about any real-life politicians at all, but readers may be forgiven if the character of a philandering governor (who avoided getting drafted and sent to Vietnam) on a fast track to the presidency sounds familiar. The novel's pr...
”There are dogs and kids, great books and great paintings and good music all over the White House,” he said. “It’s human again, the way it must have been under Franklin Roosevelt.” The power of John F. Kennedy didn’t just rest in his Hollywood good looks, or his youthful vibrancy or his beautifu...
Charles McCarry has been writing his Paul Christopher novels for forty years. I've read several of the novels over the past twenty-eight years - going back to high school. When I started the series I was a teenager and the Soviet Union still existed. Both are now gone, but Charles McCarry is stil...