Mongoose R.I.P.

Mongoose R.I.P. is a 1987 Blackford Oakes novel by William F. Buckley, Jr.. It is the eighth of 11 novels in the series.

Plot

CIA agent Blackford Oakes is sent to Cuba to determine the feasibility of overthrowing Fidel Castro, following the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963.

The Blackford Oakes series by William F. Buckley, Jr.

Novels	Saving the Queen (1976) Stained Glass (1979) Who's on First (1980) Marco Polo, if You Can (1982) The Story of Henri Tod (1984) See You Later, Alligator (1985) High Jinx (1986) Mongoose R.I.P. (1987) Tucker's Last Stand (1990) A Very Private Plot (1994) Last Call for Blackford Oakes (2005)

Other literary works	The Blackford Oakes Reader (1999)

Other articles	List of novels