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Last call for Blackford Oakes

by William F. Buckley

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CIA agent Blackford Oakes crosses swords with Kim Philby, a high-ranking defector to the Cold War-era Soviet Union, a confrontation that is complicated by unsettling news that greets him upon his return to Washington.

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