Chris Hyde | 3/30/2013
" The Blackford Oakes series of books by William F. Buckley is a great series. As mentioned by another reviewer, Blackford Oakes was Buckley's answer to James Bond. A fun book with lots of intrigue...though it is an older book, it's a lot of fun to read! "
First Last | 1/15/2013
" Buckley's non-fiction is wonderful - his fiction, not so much. Like Hemingway's writing poetry, it's best ignored. "
Dave | 10/22/2012
" Cold war counter espionage procedural set in the 1950's when the US was developing the H bomb. "
Phil | 9/2/2012
" What a fun book to read. Fairly short - 250 pages +/-. Great James Bond-ish story written by a famous American icon, William F Buckley. It is fun to read this and imagine Buckley's voice doing the speaking. Highly recommended. "
Lance Caselman | 8/17/2012
" The first of William Buckley's Blackford Oakes novels. Better than you might imagine. "
Nancy McRae | 4/30/2012
" Read this when Buckley died and it was a little slow but entertaining. "
Fran | 4/21/2012
" Slow starting but once the stage is set (and you have everyone sorted out) it is very intriguing. "
Mortimer Randolph | 4/19/2012
" Well done but frivolous. Disappointing in its pointlessness. "
Graf | 3/13/2012
" The first in Buckley's Blackford Oakes series, it makes for entertaining reading, though don't expect a high degree of complexity or suspense. His political asides are always entertaining. "
William | 1/29/2012
" Blackford Oakes, the American James Bond, heads to England in this historical fiction. A great series. "
Fran | 1/8/2012
" A short mystery that I enjoyed. I don't normally like mysteries. "
Douglas Wilson | 12/4/2011
" Kinda fun. "
Tom | 9/27/2011
" Well written fun read. WFB can sure use the punctuation "
Cindy | 6/16/2011
" I did not find this much of a thriller. Quite lame really and I suspect it's just out-dated and so none of the suggested theroys are novel..in fact...some of them have been proven true. "
Shane | 6/2/2011
" Very fun read, and well written (typical Buckley). I've developed a crush on Blacky. Excellent summertime, beachy reading -- which is where I read it. Looking forward to the whole series. "
Mike | 4/13/2011
" The worst book I've ever had the profound misfortune to read. "
Lance | 3/2/2011
" The first of William Buckley's Blackford Oakes novels. Better than you might imagine.
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Dave | 7/12/2010
" Cold war counter espionage procedural set in the 1950's when the US was developing the H bomb.
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Erin | 4/19/2010
" Not bad for being written in 1977.
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Phil | 10/22/2009
" What a fun book to read. Fairly short - 250 pages +/-. Great James Bond-ish story written by a famous American icon, William F Buckley. It is fun to read this and imagine Buckley's voice doing the speaking. Highly recommended.
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Shane | 7/3/2009
" Very fun read, and well written (typical Buckley). I've developed a crush on Blacky. Excellent summertime, beachy reading -- which is where I read it. Looking forward to the whole series.
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Chris | 6/7/2009
" The Blackford Oakes series of books by William F. Buckley is a great series. As mentioned by another reviewer, Blackford Oakes was Buckley's answer to James Bond. A fun book with lots of intrigue...though it is an older book, it's a lot of fun to read!
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Mortimer | 5/19/2009
" Well done but frivolous. Disappointing in its pointlessness.
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Fran | 3/14/2009
" Slow starting but once the stage is set (and you have everyone sorted out) it is very intriguing.
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Colet | 3/5/2009
" This was a lot of fun to read. And I didn't know Buckley could be so risque!
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Fran | 12/13/2008
" A short mystery that I enjoyed. I don't normally like mysteries.
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Marcus | 10/31/2008
" A solid 1950's forces of good vs. the evil commies novel. The only negative criticism I have is that the end was a little unplausible. The other 99% of the book is great.
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