Trevayne
1973Fiction, mystery & detective, generalFiction, thrillers, espionageWashington (d.c.), fictionTrevayne, andrew (fictitious character), fictionUnited states, fiction
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Trevayne is Robert Ludlum's fourth novel, published in 1973 under the pseudonym Jonathan Ryder. The novel centers around an independent and headstrong tycoon who reluctantly accepts an appointment from the President of the United States to head a subcommission to investigate malfeasance and rampant corruption committed by contractors and subcontractors with the Pentagon. The investigation quickly unearths dangerous truths. The book was later reissued under Ludlum's proper name. Ludlum explained the reason for his use of a pseudonym by saying he "had to publish Trevayne under another name. I chose Jonathan Ryder — the first name of one son, the second a contraction of my wife's maiden name — not because of potential retribution, but because the conventional wisdom of the time was that a novelist did not author more than a book a year. Why? Damned if I could figure it out. Something to do with 'marketing psychology', whatever the hell that is." This novel is the only Ludlum novel without the word "The" in the title.
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Fiction, mystery & detective, generalFiction, thrillers, espionageWashington (d.c.), fictionTrevayne, andrew (fictitious character), fictionUnited states, fictionFiction, thrillers, suspense
First published 1973About the author
Robert Ludlum
25 May 1927 – 12 March 2001
Robert Ludlum was an American author of 25 thriller novels. The number of his books in print is estimated between 290-500 million copies. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ludlum
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