In High Places

by Arthur Hailey

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Paperback, 1970

Status

Available

Call number

PR9199.H3 I55

Publication

Bantam (1970), Edition: New Ed, Paperback, 429 pages

Description

#1nbsp;New York Timesnbsp;bestselling author Arthur Hailey takes readers into the highest echelons of government as two nations' leaders prepare for a third world war A call from the US president to Canada's prime minister . . . An intimate reception at the Ottawa residence of Her Majesty's governor general . . . The arrival of a ship in Vancouver. Three seemingly unrelated events three thousand miles apart upset the balance of global power and alter the landscape of the free world. As Canada's prime minister, James Howden, works to ensure his nation's survival in a nuclear war, he faces another threat: a lawyer on a crusade for justice and truth. With two nations struggling to keep a lid on an explosive secret, Howden will undergo a crisis of conscience that leaves him fighting for his political life. At once an electrifying novel of international politics during the Cold War and a cautionary tale about what can happen when men believe they are above the law,nbsp;In High Placesnbsp;is Arthur Hailey's personal favorite of all his works.… (more)

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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
Arthur Hailey had a gift for finding locales for his novels that exploited the curiousity of the audience for finding out about often mentioned but little understood functions. At this point, the Foreign Affairs ministry of the USA. It is entertaining in the fashion of the 1960's and quite
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informative about the procedures of international relations. World War Three is once more, delayed, by the way.
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Language

Original publication date

1962

Physical description

429 p.; 6.85 inches

ISBN

0330025686 / 9780330025683

Barcode

451

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