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.
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1973, US, Dial Press ISBN0246107529, Pub date April 1973, Hardback
1974, US, Dell ISBN0-440-15538-X, Pub date April 15, 1974, Paperback
matlock, paper, third, suspense, novel, robert, ludlum, which, solitary, protagonist, comes, face, face, with, massive, criminal, conspiracy, first, editionauthorrobert, ludlumcountryunited, stateslanguageenglishgenrethriller, novelpublisherdial, presspublicat. 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 The Matlock PaperFirst editionAuthorRobert LudlumCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreThriller novelPublisherDial PressPublication dateApril 1973Media typePrint Hardback amp Paperback Pages312 ppISBN0 8037 5535 XOCLC532257Dewey Decimal813 54 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 edit1973 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 nbsp This article about a thriller novel of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Matlock Paper amp oldid 951982481, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
