Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions.┬а Now AlzheimerтАЩs disease has taken its toll and heтАЩs just a confused old man whoтАЩs wandered away from home, waiting for his son to fetch him.┬а
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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 highтАФand then bullets start flying in every direction.┬а At first, Charlie thinks his Russian тАЬcreditorsтАЭ are employing aggressive collection tactics.┬а But once Drummond effortlessly hot-wires a car as their escape vehicle, Charlie begins to suspect thereтАЩs much more to his father than meets the eye.┬а He soon discovers that DrummondтАЩs unremarkable career as an appliance salesman was actually a clever cover for an elaborate plan to sell would-be terrorists faulty nuclear detonators.┬а DrummondтАЩs intricate knowledge of the тАЬdeviceтАЭ is extremely dangerous information to have rattling around in an AlzheimerтАЩs-addled brain.┬а The CIA wants to тАЬcontainтАЭ him--and so do some other shady characters who send Charlie and Drummond on a wild chase that gives┬а тАЬfather and son quality timeтАЭ 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.