Cobra (Record no. 228251)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780552162609
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency AL
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 823.914
Item number FORC
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Frederick Forsyth
9 (RLIN) 129753
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Cobra
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Corgi Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 447p.
Other physical details PB
Dimensions 18x11cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The prologue shows a young boy dying of a drug overdose in a slum in Washington, D.C. The boy's grandmother works as a maid in the White House. When the President inadvertently hears of this, he decides to end the international cocaine trade. Paul Devereaux, who previously appeared in the Forsyth novel Avenger, is tasked by the U.S. President to end the international cocaine trade. He recruits lawyer Cal Dexter, the main character in Avenger and a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran who served in the élite tunnel rat unit, to help him with this task. Together they set up a joint Anglo-American task force operating from 2 converted grain carriers transformed into Q-ships to intercept cocaine shipments, destroy the ships and to detain the crews on a remote island. Both teams have access to a UAV that provides them with target information and other intelligence. Dexter also recruits a Blackburn Buccaneer pilot to shoot down the cartel's cocaine-carrying airplanes. He also obtains a list of corrupt officials who allow the cocaine to enter their country and exposes them. When the actions of both task forces and the pilot lead to major international cocaine shortages, Devereaux starts a disinformation campaign aimed at turning the international drug cartels against each other. Since this leads to out-of-hand gang wars with innocent bystanders getting killed, Devereaux is eventually asked by the White House to stop all operations. Dissatisfied by the White House decision, Devereaux cuts a deal with a drug lord promising him the cocaine captured by the task forces. He tells Dexter the location of the captured cocaine and tells him to destroy it. However, it turns out to be fake and Cal Dexter finds out about this and has the Buccaneer pilot destroy the cocaine-carrying ship before it reaches its destination. In the epilogue, Devereaux's assassinated body is discovered: the drug lord, Don Diego Esteban, has taken his revenge on him for breaking his deal
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term Literature
Topical term or geographic name entry element English Literature
9 (RLIN) 129754
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     MA English St Aloysius PG Library St Aloysius PG Library 08/05/2023 2 823.914 FORC PG024345 04/15/2024 04/08/2024 08/08/2023 Donated Books