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Title Statement | The Afghan / Frederick Forsyth. |
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Author | Forsyth, Frederick, 1938- |
Publication | New York: Penguin, c2006. |
Extent of Item | 343 p. |
ISBN | 0399153942 9780399153945 |
Other Number | 1639971 |
General Notes | "G.P. Putnam's Sons." |
Summary | In order to gain information about a major Al Qaeda operation, British and American intelligence decide to try and pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs, with Colonel Mike Martin taking on the identity of Afghan Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner at Guantánamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Terrorism--Fiction--Prevention |
Islamic fundamentalism--Fiction | |
Intelligence service--Fiction | |
Undercover operations--Fiction | |
By Genre | Suspense fiction |