num_pages: 325
description: Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions. Now Alzheimers disease has taken its toll and hes just a confused old man whos wandered away from home waiting for his son to fetch him. When Charlie Clark takes a break from his latest losing streak at the track to bring Drummond back to his Brooklyn home they find it blown sky highand then bullets start flying in every direction. At first Charlie thinks his Russian creditors are employing aggressive collection tactics. But once Drummond effortlessly hot-wires a car as their escape vehicle Charlie begins to suspect theres much more to his father than meets the eye. He soon discovers that Drummonds unremarkable career as an appliance salesman was actually a clever cover for an elaborate plan to sell would-be terrorists faulty nuclear detonators. Drummonds intricate knowledge of the device is extremely dangerous information to have rattling around in an Alzheimers-addled brain. The CIA wants to contain him--and so do some other shady characters who send Charlie and Drummond on a wild chase that gives father and son quality time a whole new meaning. With Once a Spy Keith Thomson makes his debut on the thriller stage with energy wit and style to spare.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Once a Spy
publisher: Doubleday