Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions.ย Now Alzheimerโs disease has taken its toll and heโs just a confused old man whoโs wandered away from home, waiting for his son to fetch him.ย
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When Charlie Clark takes a break from his latest losing streak at the track to bring Drummond back to his Brooklyn home, they find it blown sky highโand then bullets start flying in every direction.ย At first, Charlie thinks his Russian โcreditorsโ are employing aggressive collection tactics.ย But once Drummond effortlessly hot-wires a car as their escape vehicle, Charlie begins to suspect thereโs much more to his father than meets the eye.ย He soon discovers that Drummondโs unremarkable career as an appliance salesman was actually a clever cover for an elaborate plan to sell would-be terrorists faulty nuclear detonators.ย Drummondโs intricate knowledge of the โdeviceโ is extremely dangerous information to have rattling around in an Alzheimerโs-addled brain.ย The CIA wants to โcontainโ him--and so do some other shady characters who send Charlie and Drummond on a wild chase that givesย โfather and son quality timeโ a whole new meaning.
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With Once a Spy, Keith Thomson makes his debut on the thriller stage with energy, wit, and style to spare.