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The Formula
The Formula
Author: Steve Shagan
In April, 1945, a last desperate convoy leaves the devastated city of Berlin carrying Germany's greatest military secret, a formula that kept the third Reich's war machine running. That formula, which exists even now shows how it was possible to mass-produce oil from coal. Thirty-three years later, Barney Caine, a seasoned Los Angeles investigat...  more »
ISBN: 221976
Publication Date: 1979
Pages: 339
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Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I had never heard of Shagan and I found this book at a sale. It is everything a superthriller should be. You can judge a great book in my house by how many times the wife says "You need to turn that light off and get to sleep, you have to go to work in the morning." I'm now looking for the movie they made from this book, with George C Scott and Marlin Brando!!! Great!!
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