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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
MacLehose Press
08 November 2022
Series: William Catesby
A brilliant, eye-opening espionage thriller by a former special forces officer 'now at the forefront of spy writing'

'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

April, 1982. 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, he plays a deadly game of diplomatic cat and mouse, determined to avert the loss of life.

The clock is ticking. Diplomats and statesmen race for a last-minute settlement while the weapons of war are primed and aimed.

'Absolutely fascinating' Literary Review

'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:   MacLehose Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   260g
ISBN:   9781529426137
ISBN 10:   1529426138
Series:   William Catesby
Pages:   384
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
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 now lives in Suffolk where he taught English and Modern Languages for thirty years.

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