The Berlin Wall has fallen. The Soviet Union is disintegrating but the spies still have jobs. This novel introduces an alcoholic British publisher who comes into possession of (against his will) a sheaf of military secrets that could change the course of world history. So Barley Blair has to grow up, sober up and think for himself.
This is a first edition in very good condition in very good dust jacket. The book has been read and has a gift inscription neatly written on the inside fly page. The jacket has no rips or tears but the spine has some fading from sunlight--just slight. The copy is unclipped and unremaindered. Viking, 1989, 353 pages. ISBN 0-670-82870-X
