A Vietnam era Catch-22 by the author of The Company Robert Littell is often compared to John le Carre, Alan Furst, and Len Deighton. But in Sweet Reason , this master of the spy genre takes a dramatic departure to brilliantly satirize career militarists and other absurdities of war. Somewhere off the coast of Southeast Asia, the U.S.S. Eugene F. Ebersole--a rusted World War II relic whose best days are far past--patrols the waters on a mission to protect American values in this suddenly-not-so-Cold War. The ...
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A Vietnam era Catch-22 by the author of The Company Robert Littell is often compared to John le Carre, Alan Furst, and Len Deighton. But in Sweet Reason , this master of the spy genre takes a dramatic departure to brilliantly satirize career militarists and other absurdities of war. Somewhere off the coast of Southeast Asia, the U.S.S. Eugene F. Ebersole--a rusted World War II relic whose best days are far past--patrols the waters on a mission to protect American values in this suddenly-not-so-Cold War. The decrepit destroyer's mission is to apprehend or annihilate anything suspicious, but someone on board is preaching peace and the ship's motley crew is not quite as motivated as its ambitious commander.
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Add this copy of Sweet Reason to cart. $11.97, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 1st Printing. Very good, clean, tight copy. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.
Add this copy of Sweet Reason to cart. $18.72, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Penguin Books.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First printing ("First Printing C"). A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean, tight copy with price ($5.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Jacket has a couple small closed tears on top edge. Light yellow spots on rear jacket cover. Small bookplate on front pastedown.
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Fair. Mass market paperback in ACCEPTABLE condition. Book is perfectly usable but has heavy wear or cosmetic issues which may include a cocked spine creased spine heavy wear yellowed pages price stickers etc. Cover art may be different from that shown in photo.
