Used. Paperback. Before Robert Ludlum became synonymous with brooding, amnesiac assassins, he took a delightfully reckless detour into high-stakes satire with *The Road to Gandolfo*. When legendary, ladies'-man General MacKenzie Hawkins faces the twilight of his career after a diplomatic dust-up in Peking, he naturally pivots to the most logical next step: holding the Pope for a per-capita ransom. Backed by a brilliant brigade of formidable ex-wives and a profoundly reluctant young lawyer, Mac’s audacious caper moves with the manic momentum you expect from this master of suspense. It is a wildly irreverent thriller that proves Ludlum possessed a wicked sense of humor long before Bourne ever picked up a passport. Grab this large-type edition and see just how far a renegade general will go when the holy dollar is calling.