Hammer to Fall

di John Lawton (Autore)

Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021

It's London, the swinging sixties, and by rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. But alas, in the wake of an embarrassing disaster for MI6, Wilderness has been posted to remote northern Finland in a cultural exchange program to promote Britain abroad. Bored by his work, with nothing to spy on, Wilderness finds another way to make money: smuggling vodka across the border into the USSR. He strikes a deal with old KGB pal Kostya, who explains to him there is a vodka shortage in the Soviet Union - but there is something fishy about Kostya's sudden appearance in Finland and intelligence from London points to a connection to cobalt mining in the region, a critical component in the casing of the atomic bomb. Wilderness's posting is getting more interesting by the minute, but more dangerous too. Moving from the no-man's-land of Cold War Finland to the wild days of the Prague Spring, and populated by old friends (including Inspector Troy) and old enemies alike, Hammer to Fall is a gripping tale of deception and skulduggery, of art and politics, a page-turning story of the always riveting life of the British spy.

• Autore: John Lawton
• Editore: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Collana: Joe Wilderness series
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 400 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 129 mm
• Peso: 279 gr.
• EAN: 9781611854725

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