Publication: Michael Joseph, 1968, London
First cloth bound edition. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket. Richard Attenborough, an ex-Army officer turned con man, Alexandra Stewart, Richard's mistress, and David Hemmings, Richard's restless young apprentice pull off a $250,000 stock swindle in New York. The three return to London where, with foolish and unsuccessful guile, they try to sell guns to an emerging African nation and then embark on a bond swindle in Beirut. An exceptional copy.
Inventory Number: 49678