William F. Buckley Jr.

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Threading its way through some of the most significant events in modern american history and grappling with issues raised by the FDR legacy, William F. Buckley’s first novel without Blackford Oakes is “a moral thriller, a story of human frailty, testing, and redemption of the spirit” (Baltimore Sun) that “aspires to genuine greatness” (Washington Post).From Publishers WeeklyBuckley's latest novel mixes fact and fiction in a meditation on courage and morality. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalBuckley's newest gripper begins in World War II, when a young man covers for a friend whose courage failed him at the last moment, and ends in acrimony years later.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.