{"product_id":"9781529426144-a-very-british-ending","title":"A Very British Ending","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gripping espionage thriller by a former special forces officer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping espionage thriller about an establishment plot to take control of 1970s Britain, by a writer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping espionage thriller about an establishment plot to take control of 1970s Britain, by a writer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003eMarch, 1976. A secret plot unfolds on both sides of the Atlantic to remove the British prime minister from power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1947: As a hungry Britain freezes through a harsh winter, a young cabinet minister makes a deal with Moscow, trading jet engines for grain and wood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1951: William Catesby executes a Nazi war criminal in the ruins of a U-boat bunker. The German turns out be a CIA asset.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Both men have made powerful enemies in Washington, and their fates become entwined as one rises through MI6 and the other to Downing Street. Now the ghosts of the past are returning to haunt them. A coup d'état is imminent, and only Catesby stands in its way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fantastic read' \u003ci\u003eCulture Matters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Le Carré fans will find a lot to like' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best espionage story you'll read this year or any other' \u003ci\u003eCrime Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Edward Wilson: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stylistically sophisticated . Wilson knows how to hold the reader's attention' W.G. Sebald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A reader is really privileged to come across something like this' Alan Sillitoe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":56451528917366,"sku":"9781529426144","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28889524.jpg?v=1760462852","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529426144-a-very-british-ending","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}