[DOC] [TLE] KING OF THE 'TECHNO-THRILLER' - NYTimes.com [PAR] May 1, 1988 ... LEAD: Tom Clancy, insur-ance agent turned supernovelist, grips the ... the three 
novels published since 1984: ''The Hunt for Red October,'' .... A lithe ex-Marine, 
Ryan moonlighted for the C.I.A. At first, Clancy toyed with three novels. ... saying 
that President Reagan called the novel ''the perfect yarn'' and that... [DOC] [TLE] The Hunt for Red October - Wikipedia [PAR] The Hunt for Red October was Tom Clancy's 1984 debut novel. The story follows 
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and ... Hunt for Red October in 1984, which garnered a positive review from 
President Ronald Reagan (who called it a perfect yarn). ... of that whole 
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international ... and in 1984, his first novel, The Hunt for Red October, was 
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... When Reagan pronounced it "the perfect yarn" in 1984, Clancy, then a ... his 
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in his spare time, The Hunt for Red October (1984) was Clancy's first published 
novel ... to fuel the success of the book when he called it a "perfect yarn". ... 
frighteningly prescient," said Ivan Held, president of Penguin imprint... [DOC] [TLE] What he left behind - Baltimore Sun [PAR] Jun 7, 2004 ... From Tom Clancy to Alex P. Keaton, Ronald Reagan's legacy extends ... In 1982, 
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His first effort, The Hunt for Red October, sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, 
... York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it the perfect 
yarn. .... which began with

Question: President Reagan called this 1984 novel, Tom Clancy's first, a "perfect yarn"
Answer: "The Hunt for Red October"