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Paul Desmond and his friend George Harlequin are forced by fraud, blackmail and terror to face some brutal facts of life. A story based on known facts about the world of finance, security and terrorism which moves from Zurich, Hamburg and London to Washington, New York and Mexico.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Morris West
- First published
- June 1981
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Pocket, Fontana
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- German, English, Spanish, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780688003098
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Morris Langlo West AO was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate (1959), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and The Clowns of God (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies. West's works were often focused on international politics and the role of the Roman Catholic Church in international affairs. One of his best known works, The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963), described the election and career of a Slav as Pope, 15 years before the historic election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II. The sequel,
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