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Six Days of the Condor

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Six Days of the Condor, written by James Grady and published in 1974, is a classic spy conspiracy thriller. It is probably best known nowadays from the movie adaptation starring Robert Redford, Three Days of the Condor.

Involves one or more Allies in their escape (Optionally, there is a romance subplot with one of the Allies).To be clear, I’m not talking about the CIA shooting up offices and murdering people in broad daylight, like in Three Days of the Condor (though the CIA did consider killing Cuban refugees and bombing Miami in its plot to take down Fidel Castro). Who is after him? Why can't he be brought into the fold right away? Who in the Agency can be trusted? How can he manage to stay ahead of a ruthless killer? Many law enforcement agencies get involved and not always working in concert. Some of the story strains credulity, but it is part of the thrill. The adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, a team generally regarded as seeking justice, can be compared to the adventures of Rex Stout's two most famous characters, Nero Wolf and Archie Goodwin.”

Throughout this whirlwind of events, viewers are left trying to piece together what’s happening. Everyone seems suspicious, and it’s not entirely clear who the good guys are. The national headquarters of the American Literary Historical Society is in Washington, DC, its purpose ostensibly for literary analysis, advance and achievement. No one goes there and takes tours -- they can't get past the main desk without proper clearance. In reality, it's a CIA office where people read and analyze mystery and spy novels (what a dream job!) to seek out correlations between fiction and fact. There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment." – Hunter S. Thompson)"If the CIA is reading this review, I just want to say I am an expert reader. I take copious notes of what I read. I have an impressive resume of thrillers I’ve already read so I would be attuned to discovering things I’ve never read before in a book. Turner offers no reply and the film doesn’t say what happens next. But Turner’s look is meant to tell us—and his eyes reveal fear and the true terror of a deep state. This was Grady’s first book and smashed in between interesting scenes of intrigue are rather awkward moments of silliness. The love scene between Wendy and Malcolm (he has just kidnapped her. then persuaded her that he’s not a bad guy, taken a shower and had dinner together) was in such purple prose as to be almost comical and the next morning she “mounts” him again (shades of Fanny Hill, I’m surprised it wasn’t his “member”) and then has to call a doctor friend for a house call because of Malcom’s vicious“strep throat.” R&B Singer Amerie sampled the movie's main theme "Condor!" for her 2002 hit " Why Don't We Fall in Love". a b Knoedelseder, William K. Jr (August 30, 1987). "De Laurentiis: Producer's Picture Darkens". Los Angeles Times. p.1. Archived from the original on March 28, 2021 . Retrieved January 19, 2021.

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