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).
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Buckley's latest novel mixes fact and fiction in a meditation on courage and morality.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Buckley'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. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An engrossing and entertaing novel,
By dhawkins@lcc.net (Conroe, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brothers No More (Hardcover)
Like Buckley's other novels, plot, characterization and moral satisfy. Interesting historical perspectives. This is light fare and easy to read in one sitting
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Great settings, characters, and Buckley's style = must read!,
By Kevin Kilpatrick (Sevierville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brothers No More (Paperback)
I am sure W.F.B.'s moniker as "the great conservative thinker" will repell many from this work, but the well developed characters, and romantic settings make for a good work of fiction regardless of your affiliations. This could be thought of as a thinking person's "Talented Mr. Ripley". Maybe not the most thought provoking read you will ever have, but I think it is one of the most entertaining.
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Interesting, dramatic novel--not what I expected,
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This review is from: Brothers No More (Paperback)
Although this novel was not quite what I expected, I ended up enjoying it nonetheless. At first, I thought it was going to be a military or CIA thriller. Instead, I found it to be more along the lines of a Greek tragedy where the main character ends up destroying himself due to his own hubris. It is an entertaining and interesting book with compelling characters. Buckley was known to be a talented writer and you can tell when you read this book.
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New York, Hyde Park, Than Koo, Henry Chafee, Los Angeles, Martino Enterprises, Cutter Malone, Palm Beach, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Max Huxley, White House, Barbara Horowitz, Giuseppe Martino, New Haven, Henry Luce, General Nguyen, Brother Ambrose, Clement O'Hara, Francis Biddle, Sister Alicia, Professor Amador, Bel Air, Cam Beckett, Coast Guard, Danny O'Hara New!
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New York, Hyde Park, Than Koo, Henry Chafee, Los Angeles, Martino Enterprises, Cutter Malone, Palm Beach, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Max Huxley, White House, Barbara Horowitz, Giuseppe Martino, New Haven, Henry Luce, General Nguyen, Brother Ambrose, Clement O'Hara, Francis Biddle, Sister Alicia, Professor Amador, Bel Air, Cam Beckett, Coast Guard, Danny O'Hara New!
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- Hyde Park (IL) (Postcard History Series) by Leslie Hudson on page 9, and page 203
- Right Reason by William F. Buckley in Front Matter
- Stained Glass by William F. Buckley Jr. in Front Matter
- Stained Glass by William F. Buckley in Front Matter
- See You Later Alligator: A Blackford Oakes Novel (Blackford Oakes Novels) by William F., Jr. Buckley in Front Matter
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- The Redhunter: A Novel Based on the Life of Senator Joe McCarthy by William F. Buckley in Front Matter
- Getting It Right: A Novel by William F. Buckley in Front Matter
- Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr. in Back Matter
- The Fall of the Berlin Wall by William F Buckley Jr. in Front Matter
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