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Word: flã (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...apparatchiks realize that the deadly duo have switched roles: Eddie has taken on the Soviets, while Vasily is vacuuming the Washington spooks. Neither elite can predict how, when or against whom the hunted pair will deploy a lethal list of weapons that include camera-fired fl??chettes, boomslang venom, plastique-packed tea bags, flame-throwing hair dryers, nerve gas and atomic tennis balls. Nor can they figure who or what is the ubiquitous Chalice, or whether the Mancneff partnership can hold up. As for the Irvholz team, its novel is clever, cynical and compelling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Skuldruggery and High Technology | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

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