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From: hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: thriller?
Message-ID: <1386@teklds.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 21:44:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 12 21:44:11 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Dec-85 00:25:01 EST
References: <6000011@convexs> <2769@mnetor.UUCP>
Reply-To: hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman)
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Summary: 

In article <2769@mnetor.UUCP> clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes:
>In article <6000011@convexs> ahearn@convexs.UUCP writes:
>>I should add that I've looked through the shelves of a few bookstores,
>>trying to find what I'm after. Mostly, I keep getting directed to the
>>Mystery section, to look through old Agatha Christie and Bond books.
>>What I'm really looking for is the heavily political new-wave espionage
>>superthriller, hopefully done in a craftsmanlike way. If you have _any_
>>suggestions, let me know. 

	"Day of the Jackal", and "Six Days of the Condor" are terrific
but I can't remember the authors off the top of my head. Both were best
sellers made into good movies.



	Hank Buurman  Tektronix Inc.  ihnp4!tektronix!dadlac!hankb
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