The Envoy
Author(s): Edward Wilson
"The Envoy", Edward Wilson's second novel, will prove familiar territory for fans of "A River in May". The setting is 1950s London, at the height of the Cold War. Kit Fournier is ostensibly a senior diplomat at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square, but is actually CIA bureau chief in London. Kit Fournier is a spy operating under diplomatic cover. He plies his cynical trade on the spy infested streets of 1950s London where Cold War enemies make friends and Cold War friends become enemies. The envoy fields a volatile cast from MI6, KGB, CIA and top secret nuclear research who play espionage and treason by day and dangerous, sometimes fatal, sexual games by night.
Product Information
Praise for A River in May (1905147473, GBP7.99):'I've never read a Vietnam War novel as shocking and angry as Wilson's first novel. The Americans who trample through this book are mostly thugs and bullies fuelled by contempt for the people they are meant to be saving. There's no getting away from the book's raw power - highly recommended' - Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday'Once I started it of course I couldn't stop. Excellence of the highest, never a note wrong ... fills in all the black notes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness' - Alan Sillitoe'Wilson's tale, addressing the suffering of the Vietnamese, has integrity and evocative details, making this a worthwhile addition to the huge body of war novels. A vivid debut' - Metro London
General Fields
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- : Arcadia Books
- : Arcadia Books
- : 31 January 2008
- : books
Special Fields
- : Edward Wilson
- : 300