{"product_id":"assassination-july-14-9780803259393","title":"Assassination July 14","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA political thriller about an assassination plot against Charles de Gaulle; including an introduction that tells the story behind the novel's publication and its lasting ramifications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"James D. Le Sueur provides a historical essay appended to the novel wherein he describes the political climate at the time of the efforts to kill de Gaulle, and then a very vivid description of the defamation trial. Taken together, the novel and Le Sueur’s essay provide a riveting recreation of a moment in French history where the dramatic and the ridiculous vied for equal attention.\"—William Cloonan, \u003ci\u003eSouth Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Professor James LeSueur . . . does not specialize in spy novels of the 1960s. His domain is more the history of intellectuals. One day, however, in Paris, Pierre Vidal-Naquet told him about an old memory of a forgotten affair: the pulping of an English spy novel, in 1963, following a lawsuit filed by Jacques Soustelle. Soustelle’s complaint was that his role in the novel was that of a villain, a scheming fascist. Le Sueur did some research, tracked down the authors, read their files. And he just brought that little novel back into print in the U.S.: \u003ci\u003eAssassination! July14\u003c\/i\u003e. In a long, passionate historical essay, Le Sueur tells the story of the trial. And this second part of the book is a more solid and captivating thriller than the slight novel which precedes it. Not only does the essay cast new light on Jacques Soustelle, one of the most enigmatic personages of the postwar period, it also illuminates in formidable fashion the political strife of the time, its pure violence.\"—Pascal Riché, \u003ci\u003eLibération\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An unusual political thriller, first published almost 40 years ago, now looks like a revealing document of France’s deepest postwar crisis . . . You could also read \u003ci\u003eAssassination!\u003c\/i\u003e for pleasures of a less-erudite kind, summed up by three simple words: grenade-launching dogs.\"—Scott McLemee, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  The Beginning  Baraka  Canine Kamikazes  Max  Mr. Palk  Max Palk  Max and Silesia  The Minister  The Forgotten Forecast  The Prefect  The Sentence That Never Was  The Villains  Boudin Bears a Barbouze  The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, second edition  How Odd of God  Famous Last Words  Tuesday, July the Tenth  Wednesday, July the Eleventh  Thursday, July the Twelfth  Friday, July the Thirteenth  Max Escapes by the Back  The Setback  Max Must See the Prefect  The Telephone Call  The Red Cross  Max Goes Underground  Jacobs among the Jackboots  The Prefect Loses Some Sleep  The Assassination  Breakfast on the Fourteenth  Max Puts on his Uniform  Salute the Rostrum  Assassination  The End  July the Sixteenth  Before the Jackal: The International Uproar over Assassination!","brand":"MQ - University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742319149399,"sku":"9780803259393","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803259393.jpg?v=1758384241","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/assassination-july-14-9780803259393","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}