The Hunt for Red October (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tom Clancy
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Political fiction, Adventure, Suspense, Spy fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Communism or communists, Twentieth century, Russia or Russian people, Submarines, Cold War
- Locales: Oceans
Clancy's first published novel, The Hunt for Red October, became a runaway best seller. Writing at a time of heightened Cold War tensions, Clancy touched a deep chord. Soviet submarine captain Mark Ramius is disillusioned by the communist system and the Soviet state. His wife, a former ballerina, died on an operating table at the hands of a drunken doctor who, because of his Communist Party connections, was not punished for his misdeed. The leading Soviet expert in submarine tactics, Ramius decides to defect to the United States.
A number of themes common to Clancy's work...
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