THE HARGRAVE DECEPTION

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by E. Howard Hunt (1980)

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David Morgan has spent many years expanding American corporate and military interests whilst working for the CIA. After a CIA-backed coup d’état on foreign soil seemingly goes sideways, a senate inquiry is enacted, and Morgan is called to testify. Refusing to identify the co-conspirators and local actors, Morgan is found to be in contempt and promptly jailed. Eleven months later, the inquiry is wound up and Morgan is out. Feeling angry and betrayed, but not beaten down or consumed with hate, Morgan takes up a new life. After meeting the lovely Marisa, he can finally begin to heal. Then CIA director Dobbs contacts Morgan and convinces him to travel to Switzerland to collect Roger Hargrave, who had defected to the Soviets eight years ago, had formerly served with the CIA for many years and was Morgan’s old mentor. During the assignment, things go sideways once again, and Morgan must go on the run. Information is scarce, old friends are not what they seem, and the bodies continue to pile up. Who has set Morgan up? And why? Finally, Morgan did not participate in the Guatemala coup d’état in 1954, the Bays of Pigs invasion in 1961, or the Watergate Hotel break-in in 1972. However, the author did. Fiction. 304 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: The Hargrave deception

Year: 1980

Author: E. Howard Hunt

Pages: 304

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Book review by Keith Salter