{"product_id":"9781529426106-the-envoy","title":"The Envoy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gripping Cold War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant opening novel in the Catesby series, by a former special forces officer who is '\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epoised to inherit the mantle of John le Carré'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant opening novel of the Catesby series, by a former special forces officer and 'the thinking person's John le Carre'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carré' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'More George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will delight those readers  looking for less blood and more intelligence in their spy thrillers' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon, 1956. The height of the Cold War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  On the face of it, Kit Fournier is a senior diplomat at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. But that's not the full story. He is also CIA Chief of Station.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  With the nuclear arms race looming large, Kit goes undercover to meet with his KGB counterpart to pass on secret information about British spies. In a world where truth means deception and love means honey trap, sexual blackmail and personal betrayal are essential skills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the H-bomb apocalypse hangs over London, Kit Fournier faces a crisis of the soul. The unveiling of his own dark personal secrets will prove more deadly than any of his coded dispatches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e'A glorious, seething broth of historical fact and old-fashioned spy story'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A   sophisticated, convincing novel that shows governments and their  secret  services as cynically exploitative and utterly ruthless' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Edward Wilson:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stylistically sophisticated . Wilson knows how to hold the reader's attention' W.G. Sebald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A reader is really privileged to come across something like this' Alan Sillitoe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450778300790,"sku":"9781529426106","price":8.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28886665.jpg?v=1760453957","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529426106-the-envoy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}