- Fiction, Political crimes and offenses, Famines, Nationalists
A thriller, from the author of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL and THE DOGS OF WAR, in which the President of the USA and other statesmen throughout the world face a decision that will cost the lives of many people.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Frederick Forsyth
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 478
- Publisher
- The Viking Press, Arrow Books, Kadokawa Shoten
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- Russian, Japanese, English
- ISBN
- 9780553138634
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