From Per Wahl??????--co-author with his wife, Maj Sj???wall, of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteries--comes a novel about a political assassination in South America, and unassuming diplomat is chosen to take his place. The Provincial Resident of a desolate province in a South America has been assassinated. When Manuel Ortega, a minor diplomat, accepts the appointment as the dead man's successor, it seems a foolhardy decision. From the day he assumes his post he is plunged into a violent, corrupt ...
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From Per Wahl??????--co-author with his wife, Maj Sj???wall, of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteries--comes a novel about a political assassination in South America, and unassuming diplomat is chosen to take his place. The Provincial Resident of a desolate province in a South America has been assassinated. When Manuel Ortega, a minor diplomat, accepts the appointment as the dead man's successor, it seems a foolhardy decision. From the day he assumes his post he is plunged into a violent, corrupt world, where two extremist political factions are at odds. Ortega is caught in the middle, surrounded by people he's not sure he can trust--his alluring secretary, the cynical chief of police, and the sullen bodyguards who try to keep the Resident alive. As the tension rises, Ortega must take action, but the question remains: what will he do?
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Seller's Description:
Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 243 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Guy Fleming. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. His first book translated into English about political intrigue in a South American country. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
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Stated first American edition. Hardcover, fine in near fine+ dustjacket. Dustjacket has a bit of dust darkening along exposed edges of rear flap; price present. Book itself has slightly upturned boards, faint foxing along edges of textblock, otherwise is tight, clean, crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Mystery; modern first.
