The Dragon's Tail

The Dragon's Tail

by Adam Williams (Author)

Synopsis

Harry Airton, a Scottish fisherman, has China in his blood. A chance encounter with a spook during the Korean War gives him the opportunity to return to the land of his birth and serve his goverment at the same time. They hatch a long-term plan to create the perfect spy: a triple agent with a cover that can't be broken, because it's genuine. What Harry doesn't realise is that if he is setting the perfect trap, the Communist Chinese may also be finding the perfect bait. And that as the Cold War escalates and China marches towards Cultural Revolution and the end of the twentieth-century, the fates of two people who love each other are entirely unimportant...

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More Information

Format: Perfect Paperback
Pages: 593
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
Published: Jun 2008

ISBN 10: 0340953225
ISBN 13: 9780340953228
Book Overview: Two lovers are torn apart by politics and history in this epic romance of twentieth-century China, during a period of dizzying change.

Media Reviews
'An addicting pageturner that delightfully entertains and deeply informs' * James McGregor, author of One Billion Customers *
'A bewitching, unpredictable pageturner. A harrowing but noble love story. A mirror onto half a century of Chinese history' * James Kynge, author of China Shakes the World *
'Magnificent... An extremely well-plotted spy novel; a great read with strong and sympathetic characters' * Jasper Becker, author of The Chinese *
'Full of love and loss and guts and gore and derring-do, this is as good as the adventure story gets' * The Times on THE PALACE OF HEAVENLY PLEASURES *
Author Bio
Adam Williams, whose family has lived in China since the late nineteenth century, was born and raised in Hong Kong. For the last eighteen years he has been representative in Beijing of a Far East trading conglomerate. In 1999 he received an OBE for services to Sino-British trade.