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The Miernik Dossier (1973)

par Charles McCarry

Séries: Paul Christopher (1)

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HTML: The Miernik Dossier is the dazzling first novel, recently reissued, by master spy novelist Charles McCarry. In this riveting, imaginative tale, five international agents embark on a road trip in a Cadillac from Switzerland to the Sudan. Among them are Paul Christopher, an American operative; Kalash el Khatar, the seven-foot-tall Muslim prince; Ilona Bentley, the beautiful half-English, half-Hungarian girlfriend of the British national, Nigel Collins; and Tadeusz Miernik, the shy and bumbling Polish scientist who might be the leader of a terror force that could set the Cold War aflame. Related as a collection of dossier notes written by the five characters, the novel reveals a complicated web in which each spins his or her own deception: each is a spider, and each a spy. The Miernik Dossier is an absolute masterpiece. . Mystery. Fiction.… (plus d'informations)

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Cold war spy novel that works on many levels, and is interesting on all of them. The way in which the story is told is unusual: a collection of reports, transcripts, and other materials presumably drawn from the files of an espionage agency. The characters are compellingly drawn, yet ambiguous -- who is working for who? And the morality of the whole enterprise becomes an issue. Great read. (

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annbury | Apr 13, 2024 |

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Dermot_Butler | Nov 8, 2023 |

Actually a pretty good spy book - all about eastern Europe and crossing borders and young sex. (

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apende | Jul 12, 2022 |

The peculiar epistolary medium of Charles McCarry's The Miernik Dossier was off-putting for me for the first ten pages or so, then the novel seemed to open up and became difficult to put down. The novel is mostly a search into the true identity of Tadeusz Miernik, a fascinating character. The protagonist, of sorts, is Paul Christopher, a CIA operative. We are certain of two other agents, Nigel Collins of M16, and Ilona a Soviet agent and concentration camp survivor. The most admirable character is Tadeusz's sister, Zofia who tells a debriefer , "Ordinary life, for you, is pornography. No, no, I'm not blaming you or any of the others who are like you from Russia to America. The South Pole as well, I suppose." The novel is a riveting search for truth but it the truth it reveals are mostly ambiguities

RonWelton | Nov 12, 2020 |

An epistolary spy novel told in dispatches and field reports from 1972 right at the heart of the Cold War. This was sophisticated and witty and charming and sexy. I forget that the Cold War was often fought by people who had experienced real war. In this crazy narrative American spies work alongside African princes and concentration camp survivors in a plot concerning Russian sponsorship of a Communist uprising in the Sudan. It never felt like it should work as a novel but it came together more satisfyingly than thought it might. (

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The attached dossier is submitted to the Committee in response to the request by its Chairman for "a complete picture of a typical operation".

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The Miernik Dossier is the dazzling first novel, recently reissued, by master spy novelist Charles McCarry. In this riveting, imaginative tale, five international agents embark on a road trip in a Cadillac from Switzerland to the Sudan. Among them are Paul Christopher, an American operative; Kalash el Khatar, the seven-foot-tall Muslim prince; Ilona Bentley, the beautiful half-English, half-Hungarian girlfriend of the British national, Nigel Collins; and Tadeusz Miernik, the shy and bumbling Polish scientist who might be the leader of a terror force that could set the Cold War aflame.

Related as a collection of dossier notes written by the five characters, the novel reveals a complicated web in which each spins his or her own deception: each is a spider, and each a spy. The Miernik Dossier is an absolute masterpiece.

. Mystery. Fiction.

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