"Mongoose, R. I. P"., by William F. Buckley Jr. Mongoose, R. I. P. is set in 1963 in the middle of the cold war. Fidel Castro and John F. Kennedy plot against one another. Castro seeks revenge for his humiliation during the missile crisis, and Kennedy has set in motion a plot...
Superspy Blackford Oakes is sent to Cuba on a mission to assassinate Castro, but he stumbles instead upon a plot to kill President Kennedy. A literate thriller that masterfully weaves together fact and fiction. A high-flying thriller.--Publishers Weekly.