First in a trilogy of novels featuring put-upon hero Bernard Samson. In this post-Cold War thriller, Deighton gives his, and Samson's, account of how the Wall fell and the West won. It has plot and counter-plot, descriptions and sly wit, and it is about international and inter-personal politics.
- ISBN10 078620382X
- ISBN13 9780786203826
- Publish Date 1 May 1995 (first published 12 September 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 August 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Thorndike Press
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 522
- Language English