Top Secret: Escape from Iran by G. Gray Garland
Top Secret: Escape from Iran (Collectible Used Hardcover in Dust Jacket)
A Cold War-Style Espionage Thriller of Defection and Escape from Iran, by a Businessman-Turned-Novelist
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Top Secret: Escape from Iran: escape from Iran
- Author: G. Gray Garland
- Publisher: AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana
- Publication Date: 2009
- ISBN-13: 9781438933603
- Edition Details: First published by AuthorHouse, 2009. Hardcover issue with illustrated dust jacket.
- Binding: Publisher's brown cloth hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, the jacket protected by a clear film cover.
- Physical Format: Octavo-sized hardcover, roughly 230 x 155 mm, 325 pages.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The brown cloth boards are sound and square, visible at the spine edge and lower edge. The jacketed spine shows some wear and darkening at the lower end, with a few small scuffs. Corners are slightly rubbed.
- Interior: The pages are clean, cream and bright, with no foxing, marks or stains. The binding is tight and the text block is sound.
- The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated jacket (pistol, Top Secret folders and an Iranian flag motif) shows mild wear to the base of the spine and slight edge rubbing at the corners. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Top Secret: Escape from Iran is a thriller published by AuthorHouse in 2009. Its hero is a wealthy American businessman who manufactures the exotic metals Iran urgently needs.
The president and the CIA ask him to undertake a dangerous mission to Iran, where an old friend lives. Reluctantly, and accompanied by a beautiful CIA operative, he must persuade his friend and an important Iranian scientist to defect.
The novel draws on the author's own wartime and personal experiences, and carries the pace and intrigue of classic espionage fiction. It is a solid used hardcover for collectors of modern thrillers and Iran-themed fiction, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Author Profile: G. Gray Garland
Gregory Gray Garland Jr. (1924-2020) was an American attorney, businessman, railroad executive, magazine publisher and novelist, born in Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Navy in the Second World War, then studied at the University of Virginia, Duquesne Law and Harvard Business School.
He wrote three novels, drawing on his wartime and personal experiences. His other titles include Four Knights: A Novel of World War II and The Swiss Bank Account of Baroness Von Braunstein (2016).
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