Book description
An unnamed spy - perhaps the same reluctant hero of The Ipcress File -
is sent to Paris to deliver a file of nuclear secrets to a French
doctor, but soon finds himself sucked into a twilight world of sex,
blackmail and hidden motive, where friend and enemy become indistinguishable.
A 'clinic' on Paris's Avenue Foch designed to cater lavishly for
multiple perversions, staffed by a group of sexually and intellectually
high-powered girls and equipped with devices ranging from an Iron Maiden
to psychedelic truth-drugs - that's the set-up operated by the enigmatic
Monsieur Datt.
Naturally, it has a hidden purpose: to compile dossiers of tape and
film on influential political clients from East and West. Into this
twilight world of decadence and hidden motives come the agents of four
world powers.
Are they after Datt's pornographic blackmail dossiers? Or is their
purpose altogether more deadly than a trip to the blue movies…?
This new reissue includes a foreword from the cover designer,
Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman, and a brand new introduction
by Len Deighton, which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of
the story. 'His most intriguing yet'
Daily Express
'A first-rate storyteller who rarely if ever strikes a false note'
Daily Mail
'Take this excellent thriller at a single gulp'
Sunday Times
'The poet of the spy story'
Sunday Times
'For sheer readability he has no peer'
The Standard Born in London, Len Deighton served in the RAF before
graduating from the Royal College of Art (which recently elected him a
Senior Fellow). While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator
he began writing his first novel, The Ipcress File, which was published
in 1962. He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and
non-fiction. At present living in Europe, he has, over the years, lived
with his family in ten different countries from Austria to Portugal.
