{"product_id":"assassination-july-14-paperback","title":"Assassination! July 14 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Abro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames D. Le Sueur\u003c\/b\u003e (Essay by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuly 14. One of Europe's most sinister terrorist organizations hatches a brilliant plan to assassinate the feared and powerful leader of France, President Charles de Gaulle. Max Palk, an extraordinarily talented British secret agent, is summoned to Paris to hunt down the assassins before it is too late. Ensnared in a terrifying web of doublecross and death, Palk races against the clock to outmaneuver, outshoot, and outthink his increasingly desperate foes. A decade before The Day of the Jackal appeared, Ben Abro's Assassination! July 14 became an international sensation, thanks to its sizzling plot, an ingenious, intellectual hero, and a realistic depiction of France's volatile political scene in the 1960s. In fact, the novel proved too real, provoking outrage and a lawsuit that shut down its publication. For the first time in decades, this gripping, underground thriller is again widely available. The equally riveting story behind the novel and the controversy it spawned are carefully explained in an informative essay by James D. Le Sueur. Drawing upon interviews with the authors, court transcripts, and recent evidence and scholarship, Le Sueur examines how an item of popular culture could have had such national and international repercussions. Ben Abro is the pseudonym of Robert Silman and Ian Young, who were students of philosophy under Jean-François Lyotard at the Sorbonne in the early 1960s. James D. Le Sueur is an associate professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics during the Decolonization of Algeria, Second Edition (Nebraska 2005). He is the editor of Mouloud Feraoun's Journal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War and a contributor to Henri Alleg's The Question, both available in Bison Books editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Abro is the pseudonym of Robert Silman and Ian Young, who were students of philosophy under Jean-François Lyotard at the Sorbonne in the early 1960s. James D. Le Sueur is an associate professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics during the Decolonization of Algeria\u003c\/i\u003e, Second Edition (Nebraska 2005). He is the editor of Mouloud Feraoun's \u003ci\u003eJournal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War\u003c\/i\u003eand a contributor to Henri Alleg's \u003ci\u003eThe Question\u003c\/i\u003e, both available in Bison Books editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.04 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228946940153,"sku":"9780803259393","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZWRqdVR5ZWpFZVBVMTZ3UlpiN3pUQT09.webp?v=1768296764","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/assassination-july-14-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}