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A richly atmospheric and sophisticated debut espionage thriller. Alec Milius is a young man in a hurry. Desperate to make his mark and with the certainties of the Cold War consigned to history, he's more interested in what doing something for hiscountry can do for him than in what he can do for his country. So when a brief conversation with a friend of his late father leads to an interview with the Secret Intelligence Service, Alec sees a lifeline, investing the role with all his hopes for the future. But at what cost to himself and to those around him ...
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'A gripping tale of international espionage.' -- Financial News
'An intense study of the world of espionage. Cumming ventures calmly and collectedly into the spy's psyche.' -- Daily Mirror
'Gripping, exciting and deftly plotted...a book one would be seriously annoyed to put down.' -- Sunday Telegraph
'Plotting both plausible and persuasive, with horrors which mount stealthily behind a veneer of seemingly straightforward cloak-and-dagger games. Don't miss.' -- Literary Review
'Tautly written and believable...a complex tale of code words, betrayal of frienship, bluff and counterbluff...Cumming writes it like it is.' -- Mail on Sunday
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'An intense study of the world of espionage. Cumming ventures calmly and collectedly into the spy's psyche.' -- Daily Mirror
'Gripping, exciting and deftly plotted...a book one would be seriously annoyed to put down.' -- Sunday Telegraph
'Plotting both plausible and persuasive, with horrors which mount stealthily behind a veneer of seemingly straightforward cloak-and-dagger games. Don't miss.' -- Literary Review
'Tautly written and believable...a complex tale of code words, betrayal of frienship, bluff and counterbluff...Cumming writes it like it is.' -- Mail on Sunday
Charles Cumming lives in London. This is his first novel.
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- PublisherMichael Joseph
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0718144511
- ISBN 13 9780718144517
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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