Product Description

A British cabinet minister is gunned down by an IRA assassin, leaving an undercover agent to track down the killer before he himself is killed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26454 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 380 pages

From the Publisher
A modern classic from one of the great thriller writers of our era.

From the Back Cover
A British cabinet minister is gunned down on a London street by an IRA assassin. In the wake of a national outcry, the authorities must find the hitman. But the trail is long cold, the killer gone to ground in Belfast, and they must resort to more unorthodox methods to unearth him. Ill prepared and poorly briefed, undercover agent Harry Brown is sent into the heart of enemy territory to infiltrate the terrorists..

But when it is a race against the clock, mistakes are made and corners cut. For Harry Brown, alone in a city of strangers, where an intruder is the subject of immedate gossip and rumour, one false move is enough to leave him fatally isolated...

About the Author
Once a reporter for Independent Television News, Gerald Seymour has lived in the West Country for several years. His bestselling novels include Harry’s Game, The Glory Boys, Field of Blood, Killing Ground, A Line in the Sand, Holding the Zero, The Untouchable, Traitor’s Kiss, The Unknown Soldier, and Rat Run.

Customer Reviews

The classic Gerald Seymour thriller.
written in 1975 at the height of violence in Ulster this was the superb first novel by ITN reporter Gerald Seymour.
Hard hitting and uncompromising, which would be the hallmark of his new career,Seymour blends high politics with thrilling tension and action sequences.
An IRA hitman shoots dead a Government Minister.The British Prime Minister orders the intellegence service to hunt the killer down and Harry Brown is the soldier chosen to go to Belfast and immerse himself into the catholic community undercover to flush the assassin out.
Seymour handles the politics well, his characters speaking real believable diologue not sterio-typing as lesser skilled author's would do.
Seymour has since become a master at telling it like it is, his novels pull no punches and often have downbeat endings.
This was the book that launched his very successful second career. This novel hooks you and will not let go.

A tight and gripping story
Harry's Game is the first, and best, novel of the war in Ulster. All the characters who matter (all four) are beautifully and clearly drawn, the plot is faultless and the ending is shattering.

Harry's Game from a British Soldier
This book is absolutely fantastic. Brilliantly detailed characters, excellent plot which is well researched and with lots of truths from the situation in NI at the time.

Shatteringly brilliant.