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Lucky Bastard:: A Novel

by Charles McCarry · 1998

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A break-out book by one of America's best political novelists. John Fitzgerald Adams, a charming liar and womanizer who is convinced that he is the bastard son of JFK, runs for President in a campaign organized and financed by a foreign secret service. A darkly entertaining study of sex and power in the era of the Clinton White House.

Genre
spy thrillerspy thrillerMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 385 pages

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