02477cam a2200397 i 4500 2575664723 TxAuBib 20251117120000.0 250731s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025032483 9780802166272 HRD 28.00 080216627X HRD 28.00 (OCoLC)1501822285 TxAuBib rda Boyd, William, 1952-, author. The predicament [BOOK] : a novel / William Boyd. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York : Atlantic Crime, 2025. 258 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Gabriel Dax ; 2 "From the internationally bestselling author, a thrilling novel starring the travel writer turned reluctant spy Gabriel Dax, a masterful tale of loyalty, obsession, and spy craft. 1963, Guatemala. The country is in turmoil, and the CIA is not pleased thata charismatic, left-wing ex-priest and trade union leader is poised to win the upcoming presidential election. Amid this uncertainty, Gabriel Dax arrives on orders from his MI6 handler Faith Green, who has tasked him with assessing the situation undercover while posing as a reporter. Upon arrival, Gabriel grows increasingly suspicious that the genial local CIA agent, Frank Sartorius, is more untrustworthy than he appears. Soon, a political assassination with suspicions of Mafia involvement leads to riots, and Dax escapes back to Europe and his normal life. But when Green compels him to investigate shady characters in West Berlin ahead of the arrival of the magnetic young President Kennedy, it becomes clear that an even greater danger is afoot. A grippingnovel of politics and spy craft with dramatic twists and turns, The Predicament shows Boyd to be one of our most masterful contemporary storytellers". 20251117. Great Britain MI6 Officials and employees Fiction. United States Central Intelligence Agency Employees Fiction. Travel writers Fiction. Espionage Fiction. Cold War Fiction. Nineteen sixties Fiction. Guatemala Fiction. Spy fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Gabriel Dax ; 2.