The Curse of Service - Couverture souple

Faversham, Philip

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410756122 ISBN 13 : 9781410756121

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

At the age of 60, happily married and teaching philosophy, Henry Jennings has no interest in disrupting his serene existence. Then a beautiful female espionage agent offers him a chance to help a loved one from his distant past. Professor Jennings loves philosophy because of its search for understanding and truth, and is reluctant to return to the world of espionage, which thrives on a diet of misunderstanding, deception, and the distortion of reality. His training in the Army as a Russian linguist, combined with his philosophical education in dialectic, logic, and problem solving, gave Henry the unique capability of being able at times to read his 'cold war' enemy's mind, and give that reading meaning. These talents lead him to IMASC, a private sector espionage operation that did things other agencies wouldn't do. After many years of taking on assignments that flew in the face of his innate ideals, he left IMASC. But Henry had a gift for espionage, and as that gift became known to others, he is once again asked to balance the opposite poles of truth and deception. Only this time, the stakes are the lives of those he loves.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Philip Faversham was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and educated at Connecticut Wesley an and the University of Louisville, receiving a degree in Humanities with a major in philosophy. He was a member of the Kentucky all-state football team in 1956, and was elected to his high school athletic hall of fame. He served in the Army Security Agency, where he studied Russian and acted as a translator/analyst in Germany for two years. Raised in a rich tradition of the theatrical, musical, and visual arts, Mr. Faversham tried his hand at all of them, receiving numerous accolades for his theatrical work and writing. He spent 25 years with the Brown-Forman Corporation, retiring as a vice-president. Since then he has produced three novels, two plays, and numerous poems. The Curse of Service is his first published work, the first of a trilogy. It will be followed by The Ladder of Perception and Perception Denied: The Curse Continues. His interest in philosophy, in particular the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, and his love for the human spirit, have helped Mr. Faversham create a fictional world of optimism and hope. The author has three grown children and lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410756122
• ISBN 13: 9781410756121
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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