{"product_id":"9781529426113-the-midnight-swimmer","title":"The Midnight Swimmer","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\u003eA brilliant Cuban Missile Crisis spy thriller 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\u003eA brilliant Cuban Missile Crisis spy thriller by a former special forces officer who is '\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epoised to inherit the mantle of John le Carré'\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003eOctober, 1962. If the Cuban gamble goes wrong and war breaks out, Britain will cease to exist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Whitehall dispatches a secret envoy to defuse the confrontation. Spawned in the bleak poverty of an East Anglian fishing port, Catesby is a spy with an anti-establishment chip on his shoulder. He loves his country, but despises the class who run it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Though he is loathed by the Americans for his left-wing sympathies, Catesby is sent to Havana and Washington to make clandestine contacts. London has authorised Catesby to offer Moscow a secret deal to break the deadlock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  But before it can be sealed, he meets the Midnight Swimmer, who has a chilling message for Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intellectually commanding thriller'\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An  excellent spy novel . belongs on the bookshelf alongside similarly   unsettling works by le Carré, Alan Furst and Eric Ambler'\u003ci\u003e Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Edward Wilson: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'All too often, amid the glitzy gadgetry of the spy thriller, all the   fast cars and sexual adventures, we lose sight of the essential   seriousness of what is at stake. John le Carré reminds us, often, and so  does Edward Wilson' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\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":56451526623606,"sku":"9781529426113","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28888808.jpg?v=1760462846","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529426113-the-midnight-swimmer","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}