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At the end of the Cold War - an epic political comedy that
moves from London and Paris to the far-flung shores of the Indian Ocean . . . MISSION: . . .in search of the Feiry Cross of Goa . . .or REGIME
CHANGE? Overview THE END OF THE COLD WAR - and an epic political comedy that
opens with the death of treasure hunter Graham Dunne on a remote Indian Ocean
island. The legendary Fiery Cross of Goa may now never be found. In
London, Harry Stone, the Bureau Chief of an obscure Fleet Street agency, says
to reporter Robert Walker, “Go to the island, find out what happened to
Dunne. Human interest - there’s your story, not the treasure. Stay out of
politics, and leave the women alone. And don’t leave any footprints. Not even
one.” Stay out of politics? On far-away Bourbon Island, that’s not
so easy, where the ruthless, quasi-Marxist dictatorship of François
Bellarmine tolerates no dissent - or journalist. The Cold War was never quite like this as Robert Walker - an
idiot savant for Harry Stone’s agency - is either helped or hindered by a
poly-ethnic cast of characters: Meet Mr Swann (the suave, intellectual hotelier), Francis Long
(the love-sick bartender), Harry Singh (the subversive plantation merchant),
Bishop David Chin (the island’s courageous priest), Bugis (the manic Chief of
Police), Mr & Mrs Albert Greene (the diffident British Attaché and his
wife Liz), Mr Kite (antiquarian map dealer from Berlin), Dr Mobuto (the
feathered-man from Zanzibar), Morgan Beaumont (a fall-guy for the Agency),
and Barbara West - the perpetrator of a CIA honey-trap to ensnare a very
willing victim of regime change. As for Robert Walker: Brainwashed? “Who, me?” Available online worldwide as a Second Impression
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Release: Second impression January 2008 cover
image: courtesy:Dan Heller |
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