At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on "business trips." McCorkle, his partner, wisely doesn't ask questions; he knows Padillo has a second job -- he'
The Cold War Swap
✍ Scribed by Thomas, Ross
- Book ID
- 109292992
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Series
- Mac McCorkle 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0312315813
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on "business trips." McCorkle, his partner, wisely doesn't ask questions; he knows Padillo has a second job -- he's a (reluctant) US agent. But McCorkle is ready to answer a call for help from Padillo, and he joins his friend in a blind journey with no inkling of what they will encounter at the turn of each dark and dangerous corner.
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