| From: | "Paul J. Adam" <paul@********.demon.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: The books you mentioned... |
| Date: | Sat, 25 May 1996 09:18:14 +0100 |
<Sascha.Pabst@**********.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> writes
>At 23:06 Uhr 22.05.96, Paul J. Adam wrote:
>>Undercover work? In areas like that? Not a hope. You want a passable
>>example of what it was like in the 1970s, read "Harry's Game" by Gerald
>>Seymour: the story is of a British intelligence officer sent undercover
>>to assassinate a key player. Another very appropriate Seymour is "At
>>Close Quarters", where an Israeli sniper and his assistant have to kill
>>a Palestinian terrorist in the Bekaa Valley. Shows the flip side of
>>operating in hostile territory, where you may individually outgun and
>>out-skill every opponent... but your mission depends on not alerting the
>>target.
>Do you have ISBN#s of these books? It will be hard enough to order them
>from here (Germany), even WITH ISBN, but I'll try!
Don't have a copy of Harry's Game handy, but "At Close Quarters" is
0-00-617676-X in paperback.
If you don't have any luck, let me know and I'll buy them for you and
mail them :)
"There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy."
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
