The Miernik Dossier (Paperback)

from bezoar44

Excellent and very enjoyable spy novel. The conceit of the story is that the book is a file of documents shared with a Congressional oversight committee that has asked to see a 'typical' operation. The dossier contains reports from principal characters, transcripts from recorded conversations, ba...

from bcquinnsmom

I must confess that after the Berlin Wall came down, I had this feeling that that was it for the Cold War spy novel. So I was truly happy to find this book, which was written in 1971, so I could once again relive the Cold War spy experience. The Miernik Dossier (the first of the Paul Christopher ...

from dougwood57

Charles McCarry may not be as well known as some of the masters of the spy lit genre, but his work has been every bit as interesting and entertaining as any of the bigger names for over three decades. In The Miernik Dossier, first released in 1973, McCarry introduces American spook Paul Christoph...

from dougwood57

Charles McCarry may not be as well known as some of the masters of the spy lit genre, but his work has been every bit as interesting and entertaining as any of the bigger names for over three decades. In The Miernik Dossier, first released in 1973, McCarry introduces American spook Paul Christoph...

from cacky

Charles McCarry is a master of the spy novel. In this novel he introduces his readers to Paul Christopher, an American agent. What I think makes this book stand out is the device McCarry uses to tell the story, a dossier of one of the characters. Using this format allows the story to be told from...