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An Eastern-block country, shaped like a broken penny, was being torn apart by warring resistance movements. Only one man could unite the hostile factions - Professor Jacob Arbitzer. Arbitzer, smuggled into the country by Charles Garden during the Second World War, has risen to become president, only to have to be smuggled out again when the communists gained control. Under pressure from the British Government who want him reinstated, Arbitzer agreed to return on one condition - that Charles Garden again escort him. The Broken Penny is a thrilling spy adventure brilliantly recreating the chilling conditions of the Cold War. "REVIEW: 'the most exciting, astonishing and believable spy thriller to appear in years' (The New York Times) "REVIEW: 'Thrills, horrors, tears and irony' (Times Literary Supplement) AUTHBIO: Julian Symons is regarded as one of the finest post-war British crime writers. Several of his novels received prestigious awards and, in 1982, he was accorded the rare honour of being named Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. Successor to Agatha Christie as the president of Britain's Detection Club, Symons was also highly respected as a biographer, poet, essayist and social historian.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #2059760 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 242 pages