Patrick Dennis
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Following in the tradition of Auntie Mame, bestselling author Patrick Dennis turns his wicked satirical pen on the insane world of fictional film director Leander Starr. Fleeing the IRS, creditors, and jilted lovers, Starr holes up in a Mexico City apartment—Casa Ximenez—with his faithful valet, Alistair St. Regis. Soon others descend on the villa—Starr's ex-wife, his estranged socialite daughter, a shady Mexican film producer, a tax collector...
Author
Language
English
Description
CHAPTER ONE BEGINS LIKE THIS:
On October 25, 1999, two F-16 fighter planes from the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing scrambled to intercept a Learjet headed into America's heartland.
The plane they were ordered to intercept was not an enemy aircraft. It had not been hijacked. It was not carrying criminals, terrorists, drug smugglers, or anyone else who was harboring ill will toward the United States or its people.
I first read...