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It's 1949 in Washington, D.C., and Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, convinced he has been targeted for murder, hires Chicago P.I. Nate Heller for protection. Heller must deal with Beltway infighting, Communist paranoia, Israeli agents, and a mysterious military group called the Majestic Twelve in his journey to protect Forrestal. With his client locked away in a mental ward, Heller begins to doubt his own sanity as he explores reports of flying saucers landing near the tiny desert town of Roswell, New Mexico. Taking his unique brand of historical fiction to the highest seats of our country's power structure, Max Allan Collins delivers a sordid tale long on wit and rich in detail. When Forrestal suspiciously commits "suicide," the Chicago P.I. uncovers a top-secret, reprehensible alliance between the U.S. government and a Nazi cabal. With a supporting cast that includes Harry Truman, Teddy Kollek, Jack Anderson, and Drew Pearson, Majic Man is a who's who of American post-war history. "Heller possesses a refreshingly gritty underside, reflected in a past that encompasses a stay in the psychiatric ward, perjury, and sensitive casework for the highest levels of society and government. There's magic of a literary kind here: full-bore suspense coupled with an ingenious take on an overworked pop-historical touchstone." --Publishers Weekly… (más)
Weirdly despite Heller’s caddishness, I liked him. He was used and abused during this whole novel, but he got to the bottom of what was going on.
Forrestal was the victim of an elaborate plot to cover up the Roswell incident. The Air Force used the UFO story to cover up the real truth. The truth was that there were hundreds of Japanese and Nazi scientists and technicians in the employ of our government. Only 2 years after WWII, this would have been an outrage. They were experimenting with aircraft that would be able to take off without a runway – it sort of hovered like a helicopter. It originated in Germany with these scientists. The one that crashed had a Japanese crew. So they used a more preposterous story to cover this up.
Forrestal knew the truth and was manipulated, drugged and spied on and eventually he was killed and that was made to look like a suicide. It would have worked if Heller hadn’t put it together.
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
“…[A] comprehensive further examination of the so-called ‘Roswell Incident’ found no evidence whatsoever of flying saucers, space aliens or sinister government cover-ups.” —Captain James McAndrew 1997 U.S. Air Force Roswell Report
“No quiet murmur like the tremulous wail Of the lone bird, the querulous nightingale— But shrieks that fly Piercing and wild, and loud, shall mourn the tale….” —Sophocles, translated by William Mackworth Praed
“I am a victim of the Washington scene.” —James V. Forrestal America’s first Secretary of Defense
The many rumors regarding the flying saucer became a reality yesterday when the intelligence office of the 509th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air Field, was fortunate enough to gain possession of a saucer through the cooperation of one of the local ranchers and the Sheriff’s office of Chaves County.
The flying object landed on a ranch near Roswell sometime last week. Not having phone facilities, the rancher stored the disc until such time as he was able to contact the Sheriff’s office, who in turn notified Major Jesse A. Marcel, of the 509th Bomb Group Intelligence office.
Action was immediately taken and the saucer was picked up at the rancher’s home. It was inspected at the Roswell Army Air Field and subsequently loaned by Major Marcel to higher headquarters. —official U.S. Army Air Force news release
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It's 1949 in Washington, D.C., and Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, convinced he has been targeted for murder, hires Chicago P.I. Nate Heller for protection. Heller must deal with Beltway infighting, Communist paranoia, Israeli agents, and a mysterious military group called the Majestic Twelve in his journey to protect Forrestal. With his client locked away in a mental ward, Heller begins to doubt his own sanity as he explores reports of flying saucers landing near the tiny desert town of Roswell, New Mexico. Taking his unique brand of historical fiction to the highest seats of our country's power structure, Max Allan Collins delivers a sordid tale long on wit and rich in detail. When Forrestal suspiciously commits "suicide," the Chicago P.I. uncovers a top-secret, reprehensible alliance between the U.S. government and a Nazi cabal. With a supporting cast that includes Harry Truman, Teddy Kollek, Jack Anderson, and Drew Pearson, Majic Man is a who's who of American post-war history. "Heller possesses a refreshingly gritty underside, reflected in a past that encompasses a stay in the psychiatric ward, perjury, and sensitive casework for the highest levels of society and government. There's magic of a literary kind here: full-bore suspense coupled with an ingenious take on an overworked pop-historical touchstone." --Publishers Weekly
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Forrestal was the victim of an elaborate plot to cover up the Roswell incident. The Air Force used the UFO story to cover up the real truth. The truth was that there were hundreds of Japanese and Nazi scientists and technicians in the employ of our government. Only 2 years after WWII, this would have been an outrage. They were experimenting with aircraft that would be able to take off without a runway – it sort of hovered like a helicopter. It originated in Germany with these scientists. The one that crashed had a Japanese crew. So they used a more preposterous story to cover this up.
Forrestal knew the truth and was manipulated, drugged and spied on and eventually he was killed and that was made to look like a suicide. It would have worked if Heller hadn’t put it together.