Measures 4-5/32" X 6-29/32", 280 pp -- written by Len Deighton -- stated "Eighth {Ballantine} Printing:  October 1989" -- published by Random House (NY), Ballantine paperback #33593.

Group 1-086

Wear & chipping to edges & corners, with scratches, indentations, rub-wear & soiling, plus the following - FRONT COVER:  Vertical reader crease right of spine; slight ripple effect along spine edge; sticker residue; faint 3/4" corner crease lower right corner; faint 3/4" crease right lower edge, near faint 3/8" crease; 1/4" crease lower right midcover; 1/2" crease right midcover, near faint 1/2" crease & faint 1/4" crease; faint 3/16" corner crease top right corner. - SPINE:  Upper half shows NO lean, but lower half leans to right; 1 top to bottom spine crease + partials; 1 partial side crease. - BACK COVER:  Vertical reader crease left of spine; 5/16" corner crease lower left corner, w/faint 11/16" crease above. - INTERIOR:  Browning pages/inside covers. - OVERALL CONDITION = Good Plus

Until the 1965 release of the film THE IPCRESS FILE, starring MICHAEL CAINE, the impatient, bespectacled protagonist of this series of spy novels by British author LEN DEIGHTON did not have a name .  It was left to MICHAEL CAINE to dub him "HARRY" as the dullest first name he'd ever heard, and the producer decided that "PALMER" was also equally dull.  And so the series of five films featuring actor MICHAEL CAINE as the British secret agent, "HARRY PALMER" was dubbed -- and the series of novels by LEN DEIGHTON became the "HARRY PALMER" series, of which this is the eighth, following THE IPCRESS FILE; HORSE UNDER WATER ; FUNERAL IN BERLIN ; BiLLION-DOLLAR BRAIN ; AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE ; SPY STORY ; and YESTERDAY'S SPY.

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