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THE MADMEN OF BENGHAZI, available for the first time in the U.S., is a gripping, racy, ripped-from-the-headlines espionage thriller set in volatile post-Qaddafi Libya. Grard de Villiers 19292013 spent his five-decade career cultivating connections in the world of international intelligence, which allowed him to anticipate geopolitical events before they occurredand to masterfully blend fiction with an insiders knowledge of international affairs. Published from 1964 until his death in 2013, his bestselling SAS series of 200 spy novels, starring Malko Linge, was long considered Frances answer to Ian Fleming, with Malko as his James Bond.Its hero, Malko Linge, an Austrian aristocrat, spends his time freelancing for the CIA in order to support his playboy lifestyle.