The Matlock Paper
OCLC 532257 | | |
| 813.54 | ||
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.
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
- 1973, ISBN 0246107529, Pub date April 1973, Hardback
- 1974, US, Dell ISBN 0-440-15538-X, Pub date April 15, 1974, Paperback
- 1973, ISBN 0-246-10752-9Pub date July 9, 1973, Hardback
- 2002, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0-586-04067-6, Pub date April 15, 2002, Paperback