The Adopted Son - Softcover

Renaud, Claude

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0648780821 ISBN 13: 9780648780823

Publisher: Hunter Publications, 2021

Synopsis

A political thriller set in Sydney's expatriate Vietnamese community in 1995, 20 years after the end of the Vietnam War.
Paul Quinn, former spy and old Indochina hand, had served in Saigon in the last stages of the war and later seen its aftermath among the refugees who fled by boat after the communist victory, the original boat-people. Now retired from intelligence work, he lives an uneventful life as a small businessman. But when the beautiful, vulnerable Hao Tran, a widow with a tragic past, seeks his help to rescue her adopted son from a group of die-hard extremists in Sydney’s expatriate community, he can’t refuse. Deeply moved by her story and strongly attracted to her, he quickly plunges into a dangerous web of émigré politics, where old enmities are kept alive by dreams of revenge and violence is not far below the surface. Turning for support to his old employers, he discovers that they too have an agenda of their own…
From the last days of Saigon to its deadly finish in latter-day Sydney, this story of passionate love and political duplicity offers a penetrating insight into the plight of former Vietnamese boat-people, still struggling to come to terms with the past long after they’ve resettled into more welcoming lands – and the cynical machinations of intelligence agencies playing for high political stakes.

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About the Author

Australian of French origin, the author worked for many years for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, serving mainly in South East Asia. He is now retired and lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hunter Publications
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0648780821
• ISBN 13: 9780648780823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 245