Three Days of the Condor

James Grady · 1974 · Novel

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Updated the 'innocent man on the run from a vast conspiracy' trope for the post-Watergate era, adding layers of paranoia and institutional betrayal to the spy thriller.

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A CIA researcher returns from lunch to find all his colleagues murdered, forcing him to go on the run from unknown forces within the agency. He must uncover the conspiracy to survive.

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The Thirty-Nine Steps· 1915↑ open

The novel's protagonist, a seemingly ordinary CIA researcher, is suddenly thrust into a deadly pursuit by a powerful, shadowy organization within his own government, directly echoing the core plot device of The Thirty-Nine Steps but with a contemporary political edge.

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