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South Atlantic Requiem

A gripping Falklands War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer

Edward Wilson

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English
Arcadia Books
23 May 2019
Series: William Catesby
A brilliant, eye-opening espionage thriller by a former special forces officer 'now at the forefront of spy writing'

'The thinking person's John le Carre' Tribune

'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' Irish Independent

'More

George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will delight those readers

looking for less blood and more intelligence in their spy thrillers' Publishers Weekly

It is 1982 and the British prime minister and the Argentine president are both clinging to power.

Downing Street, having ignored alarm bells coming from the South Atlantic, finds itself in a full-blown crisis when Argentina invades the remote and forgotten British territory of the Falklands Islands.

Catesby is dispatched urgently to prevent Argentina from obtaining more lethal Exocet missiles by fair means or foul. From Patagonia to Paris, from Chevening to the White House, Catesby plays a deadly game of diplomatic cat and mouse determined to avert the loss of life. The clock is ticking as diplomats and statesmen race for a last-minute settlement while the weapons of war are primed and aimed.

Edward Wilson's stunning new spy thriller brilliantly evokes the intricate world of high-stakes espionage with a rare authenticity and deeply-felt sympathy for the human cost and tragedy of conflict.

'Gets nearer to the truth of what happened in the Falklands War than any of the standard histories. Highly recommended' Clive Ponting

'A classic of the genre . . . as good as espionage thriller writing gets' NB Magazine

'A stunning and ingenious book' Crime Review

Praise for Edward Wilson:

'Stylistically sophisticated . . . Wilson knows how to hold the reader's attention' W.G. Sebald

'A reader is really privileged to come across something like this' Alan Sillitoe

'All

too often, amid the glitzy gadgetry of the spy thriller, all the

fast

cars and sexual adventures, we lose sight of the essential

seriousness of what is at stake. John le Carre reminds us, often, and

so does Edward Wilson' Independent

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Imprint:   Arcadia Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 26mm
Weight:   360g
ISBN:   9781911350590
ISBN 10:   1911350595
Series:   William Catesby
Pages:   379
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Edward Wilson is a native of Baltimore. He studied International Relations on a US Army scholarship and later served as a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. He received the Army Commendation Medal with `V' for his part in rescuing wounded Vietnamese soldiers from a minefield. His other decorations include the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. After leaving the Army, Wilson became an expatriate and gave up US nationality to become a British citizen. He has also lived and worked in Germany and France, and was a post-graduate student at Edinburgh University. He is the author of seven novels, A River in May, The Envoy, The Darkling Spy, The Midnight Swimmer, A Very British Ending, The Whitehall Mandarin and South Atlantic Requiem, all published by Arcadia Books. The author now lives in Suffolk where he taught English and Modern Languages for thirty years.

Reviews for South Atlantic Requiem: A gripping Falklands War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer

`High calibre writing throughout, and an array of extraordinary characters. Not to be missed.' -- Barry Forshaw * The Independent * 'Ted Wilson, writing out of deepest Suffolk, is a magnificent addition to the English tradition of writing about this dark side of politics and government. He deserves a big readership as fact and fiction blend into great storytelling.' * Tribune * 'High calibre writing throughout, and an array of extraordinary characters. Not to be missed.' * Shots *


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