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By: Ross Thomas
Narrated by: R. C. Bray
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Clinton Shartelle doesn’t seem like a good choice to run a political campaign in Albertia. For one thing, he’s American, and Albertia is a small coastal republic in Africa, about to be cut loose from the English Crown. For another, Shartelle is Southern and fiercely proud of it, and his ideas about racial politics veer unpredictably from progressive to rigidly old-fashioned. But Shartelle is the best, and the political future of Albertia is too important to be left to anyone else.

If history is any indication, this first fair election will probably be the country’s last. Rich natural resources make it attractive to businessmen on both sides of the Atlantic, opening Albertia up to political corruption. For his part, Shartelle is hired to make sure that a British industrialist’s favored candidate wins the presidency. But the opposition is backed by the CIA, for whom murder is just another political tool.

©1967 Original material by Ross Thomas. Recorded by arrangement with The Mysterious Press.com, LLC. (P)2012 HighBridge Company Mystery Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Espionage Fiction Africa
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the story is written with interesting language and combined with the narrator doing a stellar job at accents and performance it really keeps you interested in what would seem like a dull storyline. I had no expectations for this book but the author writes in such a way that you can't help but keep on reading/listening. really recommend for all

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