To continue our monthly series of book lists, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library would like to recommend the following titles.
Our Man in Havanna by Graham Greene. An unsuccessful English vacuum cleaner salesman accepts a job as a secret agent with no intention of actually doing the job…until the reports he makes up begin to come true. Cassette book RC 26596. Large print book LP 18527.
The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth. In 1987, the Soviets plan to explode a tiny nuclear bomb in England and blame the Americans. One tenacious British agent stands in their way. Cassette book RC 20929. Braille book BR 5893. Large print book LP 4321.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad. The fat and lazy Mr. Verloc, an agent-provocateur in the employ of the Russian Embassy in London, becomes involved in a plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. Cassette book RC 25290. Braille book BR 9079. Large print book LP 6633.
The Tailor of Panama by John Le Carre. British intelligence recruits Harry Pendel, tailor to the Panamanian President. Harry isn't above tailoring his reports to suit his British handlers, heedless of the consequences for world order. Cassette book RC 43208. Large print book LP 21829.
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. French aristocrats are being guillotined indiscriminately. A group of British adventurers, led by the mysterious "Scarlet Pimpernel," are spiriting innocent victims out of Paris. French agent Chauvelin arrives in England to discover the leader's true identity. Cassette book RC 47449. Braille book BR 11965. Large print book LP 18799.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman. When Emily Pollifax, a widow of sixty-three, is told by her doctor that the cure for depression is a job, she applies for the only one that interests her -- a position as a spy with the C.I.A. Cassette book RC 38703. Large Print book LP 3901.
The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum. Spy Nick Bryson is forced to retire and becomes a college teacher. Years later the CIA informs him that the ultraclandestine agency he had worked for is not part of the U.S. government. Recruited to reinfiltrate the organization, Nick isn't sure who to trust. Cassette book RC 51052. Large print book LP 18104.
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