A Very Private Plot, William F. Buckley, Jr.
A Very Private Plot, William F. Buckley, Jr.
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A Very Private Plot

Author: William F. Buckley, Jr.

Narrator: Brian Emerson

Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/22/2005

Synopsis

It is 1995. An energetic senator wants to disarm, perhaps even eliminate, the CIA. To accumulate the evidence necessary to persuade the Senate, he needs the cooperation of Blackford Oakes, now retired. He wants from Oakes an account of his covert activity ten years earlier, when Oakes served as chief of covert activities for the CIA. How far will the frustrated senator go to compel cooperation from Blackford Oakes?

About William F. Buckley, Jr.

William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) was a public intellectual, conservative author, and political commentator. He founded National Review magazine, which had a major impact on the modern conservative movement in the United States, and wrote the popular newspaper column On the Right. Buckley also hosted almost 1,500 episodes of Firing Line and wrote more than 50 books on a variety of topics, including both nonfiction and a series of espionage thrillers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jack on May 31, 2018

At the time I read these novels (the late 1980's and early 1990's), I found them to be pretty good... sort of a cross between Matt Helm and James Bond. Not quite up to Ian Fleming's standards, but not quite as dated by then either.......more

Goodreads review by Eric on June 28, 2023

A fun little listen! Expertly woven facts with fiction (?) for a great, Clancy-ish spy thriller. Not something I’d typically read, but I’ll admit I enjoyed it.......more

Goodreads review by Bob on March 14, 2021

Read in 1994. The plot revolves around a conspiracy to kill Mikhail Gorbachev when he was leader of the Soviet Union. This was the 11th Blackford Oakes spy thriller.......more

Goodreads review by AttackGirl on June 15, 2024

I’m disappointed in President Reagan’s manipulative word play. I’m also reminded about the historical consistency of bad/terrible/ negative, 11 September events. I wonder why people do ask why did the USSR have millions of”disappear” or what happened "how people were starving, that countries paid to......more

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