The Escape Agent (Der Rausholer)

by Max Claro

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Shortly before taking the school certificate exams, the hippy and opponent of the war in Vietnam, Michael Müller, drops out of high school. In response, his mother coldly tosses him out into the street. Following a revealing travel odyssey throughout America, the country of his dreams, he obtains US citizenship in the name of Michael Miller and finally winds up signing on the dotted line to serve in the U.S. Army. Once in Vietnam, Miller deserts in such a high profile and adventurous manner, that the eyes of the CIA fall on him. To avoid prosecution, and a certain prison sentence for desertion, Miller agrees on behalf of Langley to extract chosen Assets out of the Warsaw Pact and Middle East States to the West. His finest coup, on behalf of the BND, to free 141 German hostages from the firm clutches of the Islamic Republic of Iran had gone almost unnoticed by the press and the general public at the time.

The gripping story of an agent who never actually wanted to be one.

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Fans of classic espionage thrillers will be gripped by “Code Peking Duck”, (English version of "Der Rausholer") 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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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher HELLER VERLAG / HELLER PUBLISHING Co.
  • Publication Date September 2021
  • Orginal LanguageGerman
  • ISBN/Identifier 9783929403480 / 392940348X
  • Publication Country or regionGermany
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 19.90 EUR
  • Pages366
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleGerman
  • Original Language AuthorsGerman
  • Edition3
  • Copyright Year2021
  • Page size21,5 x 13,5 (215x135) mm

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