If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The 21 rules should be enough of a guide to keep baer on track, but at times they seem like an unnecessary diversion. It was not hard to get me to pick up the perfect kill. The end of that process became his insightful and provocative new book, the perfect kill, in which he outlines 21 laws for assassins. Its hindsight that seems to add the context, for all we know mughniyeh. Assassination is the murder of a prominent person, usually for political, religious, or monetary. Baer blue rider baer takes us on a journey through his past, to a time when his motive was to kill hezbollah leader imad mughniyah, who. Audio book sample courtesy of penguin random house audio. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title assassin. If there is a disagreement about who was shot first, play a game of rock paper scissors to decide. An odyssey through the art, theory, and brutality of modern politi. While baer does outline a list of rules, the bulk of the book is composed of a mixture of. The irish republican army guerrillas of 191921 killed many ric police intelligence officers.
Books with heroesheroines who are assassins 1006 books. Two of his books, see no evil and sleeping with the devil, formed the basis for george clooneys oscarwinning film syriana. Even baer admits that he has no clue if mughniyeh followed such rules. He also said if you write a political novel, youre writing what you believe instead of. Charles mccarry june 14, 1930 february 26, 2019 was an american writer, primarily of spy.