No political affiliations are stated in the book (Reply #59)

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Tue Jun 21, 2022, 03:17 PM

DFW (48,154 posts)

59. No political affiliations are stated in the book

But from the attitude expressed, he certainly sounded like the Ivy League (superficially-) educated William Buckley type Republican. The author, though American himself, hated the place and moved his family to the UK.

In the book, the Major later orders Nicholai tortured, disfigured, and tossed into solitary for three years until the CIA decides his skills are needed. After completing what the CIA asked of him, Nicholai disappears, and the major later meets a violent "accidental" demise, which it is obvious Nicholai has engineered.

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Post a line or 2 from a novel & see if anyone can guess the novel without using Google [View all]	red dog 1	Jun 16	OP
Above the town, on the hill brow, the stone angel used to	applegrove	Jun 16	#1
Look Homeward Angel by Tom Wolfe	hedda_foil	Jun 16	#4
The Stone Angel by Margaret Lawrence (canadian)	applegrove	Jun 16	#7
Ah, well! A stone, A leaf, an u found door.	hedda_foil	Jun 16	#9
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I guess I'll add it to the list!	hedda_foil	Jun 16	#11
This message was self-deleted by its author	applegrove	Jun 16	#8
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Yes! My favorite of Dickens' works.	Glorfindel	Jun 19	#48
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A stone, A leaf, an unfound door.	hedda_foil	Jun 16	#12
breeze and blade	MickOfTheWest	Jun 16	#13
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Am grateful for the wild guess - thought there would be no reply but no. Clue, was made into a movie	UTUSN	Jun 19	#45
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Brilliant book, much underrated movie.	UTUSN	Jun 19	#51
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The Major must have been a Republican. n/t	malthaussen	Jun 21	#56
No political affiliations are stated in the book	DFW	Jun 21	#59
Was that "Major Major"?	red dog 1	Jul 9	#69
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