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Paperback edition of Harris's latest thriller, set in Geneva and following the travails of an American banker who's developed a system that can manipulate financial markets. It sold 125,000 copies in hardback, and is Harris's first novel since "The Ghost", which sold over 700,000 copies worldwide and was adapted into a successful film. 'There are moments when this book feels so up to date it could have been written next week...' "Express"

Note biographique

Robert Harris is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2 and Act of Oblivion. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

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