'Dazzling ingenuity and cleverness'IndependentThree con artists are on the make,and making millions. There's Silas,the leader,slick and self-assured; Liz,his glamorous lover; and Bob,the young cockney upstart (who's also falling for Liz). As this uneasy trio's swindles take them from New York high-rises to sixties London,corrupt governments to,finally,the ultimate con in the Middle East,will their luck start to run out'For sheer readability he has no peer'Evening Standard
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241505465Number of pages: 240Weight: 179 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
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For sheer readability he has no peer.Deighton has shown himself to be the most protean of British best-sellers.What raises Deighton's genre to art is not only his absorbing characters but his metaphoric grace,droll wit,command of technical detail...and sure sense of place.
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