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    "description": "<p>When Leroy &ldquo;Chinese&rdquo; Gordon breaks into a professor&rsquo;s lab at the University of Los Angeles, he&rsquo;s after some pharmaceutical cocaine, worth plenty of money. Instead, he finds the papers the professor has compiled for the CIA, which include a blueprint for throwing a large city into chaos. But how is the CIA to be persuaded to pay a suitable ransom, unless of course someone actually uses the plan to throw a large city into chaos&mdash;Los Angeles, for instance? Assigned to cope with the crisis and restore the peace, veteran agent Ben Porterfield steps onto the scene to remind us that the CIA&rsquo;s middle name is, after all, Intelligence. Enlivening the mix are Gordon&rsquo;s beautiful girlfriend, Margaret, his temperamental cat, Dr. Henry Metzger, and Metzger&rsquo;s friend, an enormous half-wild dog with huge teeth.</p>",
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