Code Peking Duck
by Max Claro (author); Nicholas Corwin (translator)
Description
West German pacifist Michael Müller ends up as a GI in the U.S. Army after a wild cross-country odyssey through America, the land of his dreams. Now Michael Miller, he’s a medic in Vietnam. Shaken by combat’s horrors, Miller decides to desert. Eluding the authorities halfway around the world, he returns to the United States. To avoid prison for desertion, Miller pledges to smuggle defectors and dissidents from hostile countries for the CIA. After thrilling operations in the Eastern Bloc and the Middle East, he faces the ultimate challenge: rescuing 141 German civilians from the chaos of revolutionary Iran.
An incredible story—based on true events.
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Fans of classic espionage thrillers will be gripped by “Code Peking Duck”, a heart-pounding journey through the 1970s. Our daring escape agent navigates betrayals and global chaos, from the jungles of Vietnam to the streets of Tehran.
Author Biography
Max Claro learned and practiced more than ten professions garnering experience in all of them. Among other occupations, he has worked as a postman, sleeping-car conductor, nurse, paramedic, journalist, and helicopter pilot. In the 1970s and 1980s, Claro worked for the CIA and the German Foreign Intelligence Service in the former Eastern Bloc countries as well as in the Middle East and Central America, generally using one of his occupations to go undercover.
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- Publisher HELLER VERLAG / HELLER PUBLISHING Co.
- Publication Date July 2024
- Orginal LanguageEnglish, German
- ISBN/Identifier 9783929403954 / 3929403951
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 16.90 EUR
- Pages360
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleDer Rausholer
- Original Language AuthorsMax Claro
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2024
- Page size13 x 21 cm (13 x 21) cm
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