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The Whitehall Mandarin - A gripping Cold War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer (Paperback)
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The Whitehall Mandarin - A gripping Cold War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer (Paperback)
Series: William Catesby
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A captivating spy thriller taking the reader from 60s sex scandals
to the Vietnam War, by a former special forces officer who is
'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' 'Edward Wilson
seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' Irish
Independent 'More George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will
delight those readers looking for less blood and more intelligence
in their spy thrillers' Publishers Weekly London, 1957. Lady Somers
is beautiful, rich and the first woman to head up the Ministry of
Defence. She also has something to hide. Catesby's job is to
uncover her story and bury it forever. His quest leads him through
the sex scandals of Swinging-Sixties London and then on to Moscow,
where a shocking message changes everything. His next mission is a
desperate hunt through the war-torn jungles of Southeast Asia,
where he finally makes a heart-breaking discovery that is as
personal as it is political. It's a secret that Catesby may not
live to share. 'Espionage and geopolitical history rewritten by
Evelyn Waugh' Sunday Times 'We attempt to second-guess both Catesby
and his crafty creator, and are soundly outfoxed at every turn'
Barry Forshaw, Independent 'This cynically complex plot is laid
over perfectly described settings, from London to Moscow to
Vietnam. Wilson's characters and their consciences come alive to
lend the book its power' Kirkus Reviews Praise for Edward Wilson:
'Stylistically sophisticated . . . Wilson knows how to hold the
reader's attention' W.G. Sebald 'A reader is really privileged to
come across something like this' Alan Sillitoe 'All too often, amid
the glitzy gadgetry of the spy thriller, all the fast cars and
sexual adventures, we lose sight of the essential seriousness of
what is at stake. John le Carre reminds us, often, and so does
Edward Wilson' Independent
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