- Fiction, uranium, nuclear arms, piracy
It was never determined what had actually happened to the 200 tons of uranium,” but three countries know the truth. Three young men met decades ago and now world events have cast them as adversaries. Nat, Israel’s hero, known as ‘The Pirate’, stages a daring nuclear exploit. Breathing down his neck, the KGB’s Rostov and Egyptian intelligence’s Yassif. A furious race against time builds to an extraordinary climax on a doomed cargo boat.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Ken Follett
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 403
- Publisher
- Sound Library, Plaza & Janes Editories Sa, Bookcassette
- Editions
- 68
- Language
- Italian, Chinese, German, French
- ISBN
- 9780062020888
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“The public-address system at Cairo airport made a noise like a doorbell, and then the arrival of the Alitalia flight from Milan was announced in Arabic, Italian, French and English.”
Ken Follett is a British author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more then 100 million copies of his works. Four of his books have reached the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list : *The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple* and *World Without End*.
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