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54
Author: Wu Ming
In Hollywood, Cary Grant has grown weary of cinema's constant glamour, but Her Majesty's Secret Service will break his malaise with a bizarre diplomatic mission. In Naples, Lucky Luciano fixes horse races and launches the global heroin trade. And in Bologna, a bartender searches for true love and his missing communist father. — Set during the hei...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780151013807
ISBN-10: 0151013802
Publication Date: 7/3/2006
Pages: 560
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Publisher: Harcourt
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Cary Grant lounges in Hollywood, weary of cinema's constant glamour. Her majesty's Secret Service will break his malaise with a bizarre diplomatic mission. In Naples, Lucky Luciano fixes horse races and begins to lay the groud for the global herion trade. In Bologna, a bartender named Pierre searches for true love and his missing communist father.
It is 1954 - the height of the cold war - and these three are on a thrilling path toward an intersection that will involve the nascent KGB, Joesepn McCarthy, Francews Farmer, Parisian lowflies, Marshal Tito, David Niven, James Bond, and a very special television set called the McGuffin Electric.
A political thriller, a comic sky caper, a romance, and a brilliant piece of social satire, 54 is an absorbing adventure into the past and a sly commentary on our present.


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