The Venerable Bead

The Venerable Bead - Paperback

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The Venerable Bead - Paperback

The Venerable Bead - Paperback

by Richard Condon
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Book Overview

by Richard Condon (Author)

As the story begins...It is the early 1970s, when every American man, woman, and child is fighting the threat of Communist invasion. Leila Aluja, an Iraqi-American lawyer, becomes a film star as part of her job with the government's top counter-espionage unit, in an effort to track down a ring of Sino-Albanian spies operating out of Hollywood's most powerful talent agency. Leila accomplishes her mission, but not before she falls in love with Albanian spymaster Josef Shqitonja, and compromises her organization by allowing him to escape, bringing an end to her budding undercover career.

Leila bounces back to become a partner of Washington's largest lobbying firm, representing the National Gun Carriers Association, C.A.N.C.E.R. (Center for American National Cigarette Education and Research), and Barkers Hill Enterprises, investment arm of organized crime. From her law practice, Leila moves onto public relations, and then to the head of the world's largest fast-food conglomerate, all the while separated from her true love, Shqitonja, as he scours Albania for a secret, life-prolonging yogurt formula.

Despite the occasional, not to say habitual, affairs, daliances, and marriages, Leila and Shqitonja cling to their love for each other - until the secret of the yogurt finally reunites them. More than just a love story, The Venerable Bead is a saga of love for self, money, unassailable corruption, and power. All just kidding, of course.

Author Biography

Richard Condon is an American novelist, playwright, and crime writer, best known for his thrillers The Manchurian Candidate (1959) and Prizzi's Honor (1982). Several of Condon's books have been made into films.

Number of Pages: 308
Dimensions: 0.83 x 9 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: November 13, 2002
ISBN9780312312770
Author Richard Condon
PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2002
LanguageENG- English
Pages308
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Richard Condon (1915-1996) is a political novelist from New York who wrote over twenty-six satirical thrillers throughout a prolific career--dealing with themes of political corruption, greed, and abuse of power. Before his career as a novelist, Condon served in the US Merchant Marines and later became a Hollywood publicist, agent, and advertising writer. Condon's best-selling works include The Manchurian Candidate and the Prizzi series, dealing with the life of a crime family in New York. The Manchurian Candidate was made into a movie twice, once in 1962 and again in 2004. The 1962 movie starred Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury, who was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role.

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