Roger Hall (2) (1919–2008)

Auteur de Les paras terribles

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3 oeuvres 146 utilisateurs 3 critiques

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Spy and author Roger Hall was born in Baltimore, Maryland on May 20,1919. He wanted to be a flier for the U. S. Navy, but when he did not have the perfect eyesight required, he joined the U. S. Army. During World War II, he was an agent in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which was a afficher plus precursor of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While in the OSS, he trained as a paratrooper and helped lead a unit that successfully sabotaged the effort of Nazi troops in Norway to return home and defend Germany as well as other missions. After the war, he declined a position with the CIA and instead worked numerous jobs, including a public address announcer for the Baltimore Colts and a disc jockey, while trying to be a writer. He wrote the following three books during his lifetime: You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger, All My Pretty Ones, and 19. He died of congestive heart failure on July 20, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

Œuvres de Roger Hall

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Les paras terribles (1958) 139 exemplaires

19 (1970) 5 exemplaires

All my pretty ones (1959) 2 exemplaires

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Nom légal: Hall, Roger Wolcott
Date de naissance: 1919-05-20
Date de décès: 2008-07-20
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Lieu du décès: Windsor Hills, Delaware, USA
Professions: spy
public address announcer
disc jockey
writer
Courte biographie: New York Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/art...

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19 par Roger Hall

19 is a super-secret organization that watches over the CIA and other US intelligence agencies. Its existence has been rumored, but never confirmed. Not a bad starting point for a book, but Hall never gets beyond it. Rather than an international villain, he has a young black (this is 1970) CIA up-and-comer trying to prove the existence of 19 as a way of showing his worthiness for a promotion he was passed over for, he believes, based on his race. Hall paints a rather stereotyped picture of this man and the ending of the book is really pretty bad. On the other hand, the book's tone throughout is engaging and very readable. The poor plotting is somewhat offset by the interactions between the other main characters, inside and outside of 19. Way too many references to the breakfast cereal, however. This is one of those books that reads well but disappoints in retrospect.

I should also add that this book has more typos than anything I have read in a long while, outside of some Kindle books that were scanned in and have an excuse for the typos.… (plus d'informations)

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datrappert | Feb 27, 2011 |