Book description
Journalist Hamish Hunter finds himself in possession of a film on which
the fate of several people and the relations between two countries -
Poland and Great Britain - depend. But who can he trust? His girlfriend,
Wanda, daughter of a déraciné Polish count, whose loyalties are more
complex than they seem? An old friend in the intelligence racket? The authorities?
Soon Hunter finds himself in desperation, hounded on all sides, and in
a climax of nerve-racking suspense it becomes finally clear that no on
is on any side but their own. Donald MacKenzie was born in Ontario,
Canada, and educated in England, Canada and Switzerland. For twenty-five
years MacKenzie lived by crime in many countries. 'I went to jail,' he
wrote, 'if not with depressing regularity, too often for my liking.' His
last sentences were five years in the United States and three years in
England, running consecutively. He began writing and selling stories
when in American jail. 'I try to do exactly as I like as often as
possible and I don't think I'm either psychopathic, a wayward boy, a
problem of our time, a charming rogue. Or ever was.'
He had a wife, Estrela, and a daughter, and they divided their time
between England, Portugal, Spain and Austria.
