''The Blackford Oakes Reader'' is a 1999 book by William F. Buckley, Jr. It is a literary book in which Buckley explains where, when, why and how he created his

Blackford Oakes Blackford "Blackie" or "Black" Oakes is a fictional character, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, spy and the protagonist of a series of novels written by William F. Buckley, Jr. Early life Oakes was born in 1925. He served in World War II a ...

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1999 books Blackford Oakes novels English-language novels {{ColdWar-novel-stub