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Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United KingdomStephen White Books
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2008
Condition: Used - Fair
£ 0.75
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NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Small pen graffiti on first page. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller Inventory # mon0000482196
- Title
- Watchman
- Author
- Rankin, Ian
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1407220160
- ISBN 13
- 9781407220161
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Review
Watchman is something of a collector's item among Rankin enthusiasts--out of print for 15 years, this stand-alone thriller (not featuring the doughty Rebus) has been changing hands on the Internet for very large amounts--but now it's possible to catch up with one of Rankin's most intriguing books at a reasonable price.
Miles Flint is low-level operative in the world of espionage, with a watching brief that satisfies him perfectly; he's not a man who craves more active duty. But IRA bombs are wreaking havoc on the British mainland, and Miles finds himself with all kinds of problems. His professional career is in trouble, as is his marriage--his involvement with a seductive Irish woman is problematical, and his attempts to avoid a persistent newspaperman are failing. Miles is sent to Belfast, where he finds that his job is much more than merely watching people; the stakes are very high (UK security being the trump card now), and his life has become a ploy in a dangerous game.
There are shades here of two of Rankin's illustrious predecessors in the thriller genre, Gerald Seymour and Len Deighton, but Rankin (even at this early stage of his career) was very much his own man. Miles is a distinctive and conflict-filled protagonist--very different from Rebus, though sharing a messy private life--and the action is handled with pulse-racing panache. The espionage genre was not to prove Rankin's métier, but this sole effort is essential for Rankin fans--and that means most of us. --Barry Forshaw
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Stephen White Books
Bradford, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2008
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I can accept payments from credit/debit cards only through the abebooks website, I cannot process them over the phone unfortunately.
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