
1) British spy novel 2) Spy novel 3) Thriller novel
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Understrike (1965) is a novel by John Gardner. It is the second novel in his Boysie Oakes series. When a routine mission to the United States goes haywire, Boysie Oakes is faced with the weighty responsibility of being British Special Security`s observer at the important test-firing of a new missile. Unwillingly, and almost by accident, finding h....
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