Second Sight (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles McCarry
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1000 and the 1930’s to the present
- Setting: Washington, D.C.; New York City; Massachusetts; North Africa; Germany; France; Italy; Switzerland; England; Okinawa; Vietnam; Guatemala
- Principal Characters: Paul Christopher, David Patchen, Meryem Laux (Lla Kahina), Lori Christopher, Hubbard Christopher, Cathy Christopher, Stephanie Christopher, Zarah Christopher, Martha Armstrong Patchen, The O.G. (Old Gentleman), Maria Custer Rothchild
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Communism or communists, Prisons, Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Kidnapping, Terrorism or terrorists, Intelligence service, Guatemala or Guatemalans, Arabs
- Locales: Africa, New York, NY, France, England, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Germany, Italy, Vietnam, Guatemala, Switzerland, Okinawa, Japan
Second Sight, according to Charles McCarry, is the final volume in his seven-novel series about Paul Christopher and his family. Except for The Bride of the Wilderness (1988), a historical romance, these books are spy novels focusing primarily on Christopher’s exploits in “the Outfit” since its beginnings following the end of World War II. The Outfit is a highly romanticized version of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), for which McCarry engaged in covert operations in such places as the Congo and Vietnam from 1958 to 1967. Unlike such British espionage novelists...
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