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Harry's Game
The 40th Anniversary Edition
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A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pick!
A British cabinet minister is gunned down on a London street by an IRA assassin. In the wake of national outcry, the authorities must find the hitman. But the trail is long cold, the killer gone to ground in Belfast, and they must resort to more unorthodox methods to unearth him. Ill-prepared and poorly briefed, undercover agent Harry Brown is sent into the heart of enemy territory to infiltrate the terrorists.
But when it is a race against the clock, mistakes are made and corners cut. For Harry Brown, alone in a city of strangers, where an intruder is the subject of immediate gossip and rumour, one false move is enough to leave him fatally isolated...
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Harry's Game by Gerald Seymour is highly praised for its thrilling and absorbing narrative. Reviewers commend its vivid depiction of Belfast's atmosphere, effectively conveying the tension and danger of the setting. The novel is described as suspenseful and engaging, capturing readers' attention and maintaining it throughout.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781473626058
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 October 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Paperback
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 258g
Pages: 320
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Gerald Seymour exploded onto the literary scene in 1975 with the massive bestseller HARRY'S GAME. The first major thriller to tackle the modern troubles in Northern Ireland, it was described by Frederick Forsyth as 'like nothing else I have ever read' and it changed the landscape of the British thriller forever.
Gerald Seymour was a reporter at ITN for fifteen years. He covered events in Vietnam, Borneo, Aden, the Munich Olympics, Israel and Northern Ireland. He has been a full-time writer since 1978.Also by Gerald Seymour
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