// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did "The Matlock Paper" say to the pen? You're always writing me off.
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| Author | Robert Ludlum |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | Dial Press |
| Publication date | April 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 312 pp |
| ISBN | 0-8037-5535-X |
| OCLC | 532257 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813.54 |
The Matlock Paper is the third suspense novel by Robert Ludlum, in which a solitary protagonist comes face to face with a massive criminal conspiracy.
Its protagonist, James Barbour Matlock, is an English professor in his 30s who is recruited by the Department of Justice to investigate a drug smuggling ring, led by a mysterious figure named "Nimrod". The novel is set at the fictitious Carlyle University in Connecticut, a thinly disguised Wesleyan University in Middletown, Ludlum's alma mater.
Publication history
[edit]- 1973, US, Dial Press ISBN 0246107529, Pub date April 1973, Hardback
- 1974, US, Dell ISBN 0-440-15538-X, Pub date April 15, 1974, Paperback
- 1973, UK, Grafton ISBN 0-246-10752-9 Pub date July 9, 1973, Hardback
- 2002, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0-586-04067-6, Pub date April 15, 2002, Paperback
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