Shadowplay Norman Hartley Atheneum 1982 First Edition Hardback Thriller Spy

by Norman Hartley

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First edition

Shadowplay by Norman Hartley. Atheneum, New York, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardback with original dust jacket. Jacket painting by David Christensen. Third novel from the author of The Viking Process and Quicksilver — Hartley was a Reuters correspondent who covered coups, political violence and Cold War intrigue firsthand before turning to fiction. Compared by critics to Forsyth and Le Carré. A corporate espionage thriller following the president of a global news agency caught between a hostile takeover and CIA suspicion of being a Soviet spy. Condition: Very Good. Jacket bright and clean with one small nick to rear panel top edge. Boards tight and square. Pages near white and unmarked throughout. Please see photos. Free postage within Australia.

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Year: 1982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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